Do you ever feel that money is your friend?

United States
February 6, 2013 2:31pm CST
I don't want to be rich or anything like that I just would like to have a good savings. I feel that right now that is what I really need. I feel that I don't have the support I should have from my husband, and my side of the family lives far away. I feel like an outsider when it comes to him and his family. With a good savings I can start going to college and paying for my expenses for my daughter while I go to college. I think that money can be my friend.
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@spicymary (558)
• Romania
6 Feb 13
It's important how you spend the money. But the reality is that without them, you lose also your freedom. I understand what you say, and I can't agree more. Having money to pay your college means having the freedom to learn, to develop yourself as a person, to see the world in a different way. And also, to be able to make more money for other needs. Good luck with the savings!
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Thanks! I'm feeling very good about my savings. Money is a protection in so many ways. We need it to provide the necessities of life as well to have an emergency fund. When we are able to provide for our family in the best way we feel good about that.
@Chikezie (385)
• Malaysia
6 Feb 13
Money can never be a friend to me but a tool to be used to get things in life and extend goodness to as many as are within possible reach. I will never make it a buddy to me. However, it is an indispensable tool in life.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
I agree that money can be used to get things we want in life. Yes it is an indispensable tool. I'm glad to hear that you a good view of money. I think for me it's important that I get a good savings for myself because that is like a protection.
• United States
8 Feb 13
I agree that money can be used to get things we want in life. Yes it is an indispensable tool. I'm glad to hear that you a good view of money. I think for me it's important that I get a good savings for myself because that is like a protection.
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
Okay my friend... your situation is understandable by us. As long as you use money in good ways it is your best friend. No matter how plenty it is. but if money is using in a wrong way.. that is not friend and we can tell it is evil. Especially if this ruin the life of user. be happy to have these and save as you can because you have good purpose. God will always give graces to those who pray and seek help from Him. to guide you even your alone or you feel alone i can only tell "pray" and thanks God all the time.. Ok takecare my friend and have a nice day!
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes I agree. That is the key. We have to have the right view of money. Seeing it as a protection but not using it unwisely. I agree with all that you said. I hope that your day went well.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
7 Feb 13
Maybe this is the normal feeling for people around the world,sometimes especially when i'm in need of them,i feel like it's so important to me and help me to achieve things i can't make.I also think it can be my friend since helping me a lot.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes I agree with you. Money can help us to achieve so much. We can live a simple life and yet we will still need money for different things. We do have to try and stand out and be different in the sense of not loving it. But when we view it as a protection it helps us in so many ways.
@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
7 Feb 13
Money is only your friend if you have enough of it.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes and it is good that we view it as a protection. It can help us in so many ways. When we have savings then that helps us to feel that we have enough to take care of our family with a little left over. It requires a balance.
7 Feb 13
Surely money can't be friend but money is so precious that it will meet your physical necessity to survive you.Money is a powerful weapon that save you as well as destroy you. There is a common saying that money is the second god. It also plays key factor to make you happy and unhappy.Money is a part of our daily activity but money can neither be our friend nor master.
• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes I agree that it is important that we have the proper view of money. It can be a friend in the sense that often times it provides protection for us, and helps us to provide the necessities of life for our own life. Physical friends we may have often have their own issues they are dealing with and may not be able to help us out when we are struggling. But if we have our own savings then we can have piece of mind.
@rhden123 (48)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
There is something you may learn first before taking this feelings, you must know how to deal with other person in terms of spending it. sometimes it has disadvantages when getting to mingle with your friends, but money is not called as friend because it has many usage.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes I agree that money has very many uses. That is one reason I feel it can be viewed as a friend. When we have an appreciative view of it and use it wisely then we can see it as a protection. When we may come upon hard times having money or an emergency fund can perhaps do more for than in that way than a friend who is having a financially hard time themselves.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
7 Feb 13
Hi there my dear. Well I also like saving for rainy days, or why not, for things that I want to accomplish in my life. Funny things is that I started an economies bank account over 5 years ago, not knowing what I will do with it, and now it is of great help to mine and my wife's living expenses for moving to UK this Fall, when we start college there. Yes money can be a good friend when you have it, and an enemy when you don't.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Feb 13
I wouldn't say that is a friend, but a necessity, as you can't do anything in this life without it. It is hard to come by enough money to make ends meet nin this day and age, as the economy is stinks, that is for sure. I do make a little money online, but not enough to do much of anything, but if I didn't have my fixed income to hlp me, then I would really be in bad shape, and still I am not doing all that great. hope that I can make more noney eventually, but for now, i will just have to be satisfied with my income. Take care, and have a very good day.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes the economy is so bad. We get so frustrated when we think about how hard it is to get ahead. But I'm doing my best to save and I hope that something unexpected does come up for awhile so that I can keep saving. It would be very hard on us if our income isn't dependable.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
7 Feb 13
I don't recall a time when I ever considered money to be my friend. Money is something essential to getting by in life. When we depend too much on money and what it can bring to your life then we can lose sight of the more important relationships along the way.
• United States
8 Feb 13
Yes I do understand what you mean. We can't let a love of money grow in our heart. That is when big problems can start. But when we view it as a protection that it can be and appreciate it we will do better. Because we do need money for so many things and having a savings puts our mind at ease.
• Singapore
8 Feb 13
I don't feel that money can be anything personal to me, it's just a tool that I used daily. I don't feel the sense of insecurity without money. I can achieve a lot of things with money but if my life resolves around money, then probably it's not healthy. That's why we always see those rich men who saves a lot of money but refuses to use them for a lot of purposes.
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• Philippines
7 Feb 13
I believe that money is just a figure/object to record a certain value of goods, services, and even ranking people by its social class. I don’t believe that money can be associated as a “friend” because it is lifeless.
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@neelia27 (896)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
It is nicer to have a money to support what we wanted to do but money can't buy everything.. like being healthy and unconditional love,,. Anyways why not try to reach out to your husband.. try to have a bonding with him and your daughter..
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• Philippines
7 Feb 13
Money can never be your friend, Friend refer to something with feelings while money is something for you to buy and acquire what you need. Friendship is of mutual understanding between two or more person and is freely given and accepted while money is something for your to earn as payment on any kind of labor you did. In doing something good to your friend you don't expect payment in return.
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• United States
8 Feb 13
yes I understand what you mean. My thoughts though are that money can be a protection for us. In a sense a friend and we need it to take care of so many things. When times are rough when we have a savings that does a lot for us and puts our mind at ease. Sometimes we may have a lot of "friends" in the physical sense, but experience hard times that really only having finances or money can help us with.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
7 Feb 13
Once having a time, I have that kind of feeling, I have thought only money will not betray me. But now, I think I am wrong, Money is a thing, no matter how power it is in the world, it is still a thing, can only be a thing. As a human being, you can not put too much attention on a thing and depends on it. So I now try to use money as a tool.
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@sshiva95 (77)
• India
7 Feb 13
Despite what people lecture that money isn't everything in life blah blah....I would personally like to tell you that all that stuff they say is crap. Though there are a lot of ways to earn respect from people, earning respect showing that you are capable of supporting yourself financially has its own thing. Most people who are considered to be socially inactive or introverts are that way because they are financially handicapped. I studied in a school where most of my friends were from very rich families and they used to hangout very often because I didn't have any money and I've always felt bad about it
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7 Feb 13
money is evertything in the world, everyone can make happiness with money, cause money cannot buy with money, so it really worth. you need money to continue your live, people who has money is more happy than people who doesn't has money, girl will easy to love you because you have much money, sometimes love cannot give anything to you, but money can~
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