In 1984, the late mercurial rockstar, Freddie Mercury, release a song titled: Money Can’t Buy Happiness. It went on to become a smash hit and got a lot of people singing: ” Mmmm, money, hey, can’t buy happiness No, no, money can’t buy happiness”.
How much truth is in this statement? Can money truly not buy happiness? Fact or Myth? Read on!

Let’s end this blog post in this paragraph! Money can’t buy happiness is downright the biggest horseshit you would ever hear your entire life. Beat me to a better one -oh, right! 72 virgins with double D titties frolicking in Paradise waiting for you after suicide. Do female suicide bombers get the same rewards? Let the feminazis argue it out!
Where the hell did people come up with this bullshit anyway? Think I have a clue….
ORIGIN OF THE MYTH
In the year something something, a bunch of broke men who hadn’t had a titty-rub in decades decided to meet somewhere in Townsville, a small suburb in God-knows-where. The agendum of the meeting was discussing tactics on how to live with their noisy rich neighbours who on a daily basis kept flashing their wealth and parading their spouses who had gorgeously sculpted asses. Try as much as they could, they basically found no solid points to buttress their envy.

Shhh… The rich neighbours might hear us. Photo courtesy: Lithograph, Gardiner Permanent Art Collection.
Then the news broke! Monsieur Havre-Itall- the wealthiest man in Townsville had just committed suicide falling into the path of an oncoming train. Yes! They all screamed in unison! The babbly chatter continued for 3 hours. And finally, they came to an amazing mantra that would be passed on to their kids, you reading this and several generations after – “Money Can’t Buy Happiness”.
THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING:
Last year mid-December, while doing my rotation in Gastroenterology, I managed a patient who suffered Severe Ulcerative Colitis- an inflammatory bowel disease. Basically, for no sin of yours, immune reactions(inflammation) destroys the protective lining of your guts(intestines). This kid had bloody-diarrhoea up to 10 times a day. He was wasting away, pale like a ghost(at this point he had had 7 haemo-transfusions) and cried all day due to excruciating pain.

Hearing him call to me every day with his fragile voice was heartbreaking. All we could do was support him(medically) as much as we could hoping his family could cough up over GH¢9000 per session of Infliximab(immune system suppressing drug). He had to get 4 sessions of this medication to go into remission(little or no sign of disease process). Are you reading this right? GH¢36000 in total!
The day I met his parent, a tear rolled down my eyes. I try as much not to be extremely emotionally attached to my patients but realizing, with only a mother to support this child- who was struggling to buy boiled eggs for this kid, all hope was thrown out the window. I was locked in deep thought.
Even if I saved my salary for 12 months I couldn’t save this child.
Deep down I knew the kid was going to die. Fast forward 3 months later. I had moved to a different rotation and forgotten about this kid. Then while walking to work one fine morning, I heard a tiny voice calling from behind “Doctor, Doctor!” Well basically in a hospital setting everyone is called a doctor. I kept on walking. The voice kept following. Then I turned around. And to my surprise, it was the kid! All fattened up and smiling. My heart skipped a beat.
“Holy shit!” I ran towards him and gave him the deepest high-five I had ever given anyone. Hell, I meant that with all my heart. I went to his mom who was sitting close by and engaged her in a chit-chat. She was beaming with indescribable joy. I told her how happy I was to see her child and jokingly asked her which food did the trick(asking how she got the money didn’t sound like a good idea). Then she said: ” The whole Muslim community raised funds to pay for the treatments”. Damn it, I exclaimed in my head. “God bless them so, much” I replied.
Fellas, the Muslim community gave her son another shot at life and that required Money!
THE TRUTH YOU MUST SUCCUMB TO
“Riches may not bring happiness, but neither does poverty.”
Sophie Irene Loeb
Money is good, let no one kid you. Money can’t buy happiness is a scripted lie a bunch of broke people coined to justify their miserable lives.
Growing up, we are all brainwashed into believing wanting money is wrong and unethical. People drum a lot of bullshit into our heads like “Money is the root of all evil” yet, they are the first to wake up in search of money(are you reading this, dear parents?).
Stop playing with our minds! Your local pastor quotes Matthew 6:33 (forgotten what the verse says in details but it reads along- seek ye first the kingdom of God and it’s righteousness) yet, encourages you to give huge offerings and tithes. He gets the script, the world runs on bills baby!
Look at some of the poorest countries in the world. What do you find there? Crime, misery, hopelessness, disease, suffering, and skyrocketing death tolls. Do these sound like happiness to you?
Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but trust me it is so damn important you can’t disregard it. Love doesn’t pay medical bills neither does love pay the rent. It definitely doesn’t provide financial security. Teddybear hugs and a choir singing Michael Jackson’s – We are the world wouldn’t have saved that kid’s life. Money did!
THE SIMPLE REASON MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS!
Money can buy food, a place to lay your head, clothing and warmth- if you can tell me how to be happy without these things, let me know.
Money buys you time–and time translates to the freedom to pursue happiness and personal growth, the freedom to help others, and the freedom to do whatever you damn well please.
LOKISM #8
FOUR AMAZING THINGS MONEY CAN BUY THAT BRINGS HAPPINESS
1. EXPERIENCES:
I have dreams of having coitus in outer Space one day. Will I achieve this dream by being broke? Hell no! Is it that dream wedding, that beautiful dress you are eyeing from that store, is it that get-away-escape to a tropical island, or the smell of fast moving air while on a jet-ski? These are all experiences money will give you the chance to experience. Tell me having your dream come true won’t make you happy!

Photo by Oliver Sjöström on Unsplash
2. SOLUTIONS:
A.k.a throw money at the problem! I hate handwashing my clothes. It drives me insane. Besides the fact it eats a lot into my free time, it is dreadful and leaves my hands sore. Throw in money and boom- a washing machine. Problem solved. I can sit reading the latest blog post on LifeHacks with Dr.C with the sound of the robot working its ass off for me in the background. Maybe yours isn’t handwashing. Yours could be, having a child after trying so many years. With money, you could afford IVF(In vitro fertilisation). You might say it doesn’t always work, but hey your chance at childbirth increases dramatically from 0 to over 75%(I don’t know the stats and I’m lazy as hell to check. Teach me!)

Photo by Lee Kurth on Unsplash
3. BETTER RELATIONSHIPS:

One of the keys to happiness lies in how you relate with others. With money, you could enrich and deepen the depth of your relationships. You could get them gifts on special moments in their lives. The pleasantries must sometimes become physical goodies. I will take a “Congrats on achieving this” and smile but hell, get me a fast car and my physiology will definitely change. You can finally take that guy you’ve been crushing on out(what a man can do a woman can do better,huh?) You could attend special occasions where your chances of meeting amazing people increases. In short, you make better classes of enemies.
4. PEACE OF MIND

If you have ever been broke, your landlord won’t be the first person you want to see at the end of the month. Back then when I was a student living on the pockets of my parents with a bunch of expenses on my head, I dodged my landlord so bad, I probably would have made it into professional American football. Throw in unforeseeable events and, the comfort of knowing you have the cash to defuse every situation is bound to bring you happiness!
One of the greatest luxuries money can buy is the freedom not to think about money. Financial security is something that really contributes to people’s happiness.
Gretchen Rubin
WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN’T HAPPY WITH ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
I used to ask myself this question everyday. Why do rich people commit suicide? These celebrities have it all yet kill themselves. They are hooked to drugs, addictions and what not. Why chase money when this is the end of it? Then I realized, the poor committed suicide twice the rate of the rich. The poor are addicted to the worst of things. What was the difference? They had no media coverage.
Money doesn’t change people. It magnifies their true nature.
Dr C
I discovered the true reason a lot of people don’t have happiness in their lives is that they have a broken model of happiness. They live with the “that one thing mentality” – if I get X, I would be so happy. Only to get X and realize it wasn’t that worth killing themselves for.
What if you saw happiness in a different way? I will recommend you read my amazing post on this mentality.
Read: That One Thing: Life’s Biggest Lie
THE END
Several years down the line, Freddie Mercury realized how stupid his song was and said:
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
Freddie Mercury
I have been broke in my life before and I have tasted financial success before and I can tell you in Dan Lok’s words: Better to be a rich son of a bitch than a poor son of a bitch.
VERDICT: MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS IS HORSESHIT!!!

Before I truly end this post, share your thoughts on the picture below. Cheers, Dr. C

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Great piece Drc👌🏻👌🏻
Great hearing from you Herta. A big warm hug for joining my legion of amazing readers. Thanks a ton for the feedback. Do check out the second part of this post. Cheers
A Curious Case of Unhappiness
https://lifehackswithdrc.com/a-curious-case-of-un-happiness-why-you-arent-happy-despite-all-you-have/
I agree man can get one’s necessities and not purchasing everything .
Nice piece Dr
Cheers Nii
When did we schedule our Space trip for again 🤣🤣🤣? Oh Charlie ! You really speak my language , I’d rather be crying sitting outside my beach mansion sipping on a margarita, though money isn’t all there is to life , money still answers all things!
This is about the fourth time I have read this post. An amazing write up. Bruh keep up with the good work!
Hi Foster!!!! 4th time, you beat me to the most times read. Really glad, you loved this and found time to drop feedback. Definitely will keep up the fire. Cheers, bro
If money cant buy happiness neither can poverty
Poverty can’t. I don’t think anyone is saying poverty can buy happiness. Certainly know one desires poverty because it’s a state u can’t afford Certain things you desire or wish to happen.
But the fact is, you can be happy in whatever state you find yourself – contentment. True happiness has little to do with ‘gettings’, the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. These things certainly makes life richer but it doesn’t give you SECURED happiness.
Awesome hearing from you Mongomery. Poverty can’t buy happiness was a sarcastic line. I appreciate the fact, you mentioned you can be happy in whatever state you find yourself in. Check out my follow up post on this subject.
https://lifehackswithdrc.com/a-curious-case-of-un-happiness-why-you-arent-happy-despite-all-you-have/
Potty mouth writer, I think it’s safe to say that even though you wrote this blog Montgomery stole the show at the end. LOL. Monte brilliant insight. That being said, anyone ever realised that the more money or resources you get the more problems you have to solve?… These problems could have been absent without these riches. I am not deluded into thinking money is not important. Hell, it’s the very thing most people on the face of the earth strive to achieve day in, day out. But that struggle in itself causes one to ponder whether they are in… Read more »
Hahaha. Always a pleasure hearing from you! Where the hell you been? Starved my blog of your insights! Definitely will drop another comment after my duty ends tomorrow. Cheers mate.
Woow! Always a pleasure hearing from you. I loved the “more money you have the more problems you would get” analogy. I wrote a brilliant post on this: Why Avoiding Problems Isn’t A Brilliant Idea. You would find a popular character named Pablo Escobar in there. You would love the post.
And that man in the hut… Mmmm. Check out my follow up post. Cheers.
By a staggering Stat, we all know Bill Gates is one ooff the richest people in the world, if not the richest now ( I don’t keep track of these yearly rankings… Lol). Yet it cannot be said of him that, ‘He’s the happiest person in the world’. If it were that automatic, I am very certain the rankings will change to the ‘richest and happiest person’ in the world. All over the world, happiness is not ranked because it is difficult to quantify and intangible UNLIKE money. Similarly, because the relationship between money and happiness is not parallel, the… Read more »
I totally loved this feedback. Deep points you raised in there. Would love you check out on my follow up post. Shed some light on some points you raised on here. Cheers.
https://lifehackswithdrc.com/a-curious-case-of-un-happiness-why-you-arent-happy-despite-all-you-have/
That’s a good piece you’ve put out there, Dr C! let me share something profound on this same topic : To some extent, there is some deeper truth to, ‘Money can’t buy happiness’. On a surface level all the cogent arguments you have raised against this ‘myth’ is valid. Money has power and the power of money lies in its use. But delving deeper, Money can buy you happiness to an extent; it means money can get you ‘things’ that will impart some level of happiness and achievement with money which in itself isn’t a bad thing. But this type… Read more »
You nailed it ryt on.point,,with money our happiness is secured …..
Hi Annie, great hearing from you. Whilst a lot of people on here will have a lil headache reading your last 6 words, I gladly say thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic. Cheers to an amazing evening.
O-M-G! You should win comment of the Year! I probably might not meet you in my entire life but wherever you are, I totally love your view on this post. I agree totally with you. In pursuit of money, resorting to dubious and evil means should be ruled out. I totally abhor this. Hard work and smart work is the way forward!
Hold my beer for the last sentence. Would be glad to hear from you often. Cheers Daniel.
Great post with a lot of insights, in my perspective I’d say it’s a matter of perspective. My love for money made me explore legit avenues to make some, no evil or harm caused. Others, in their avarice have resorted to ‘evil’ means to make money and worship Mammon.
The sacrifices, blessings and goodness mentioned in the holy books have been interspersed with gifts and offerings to God and man alike, and these have financial value.
God forbid that in pursuit of Faith, Hope and Love we die poor then our religious leaders in their affluence, pray for us.
GES should find space for u, this is a course!😄😄😄 I bet some hypocrites will disagree but chaley money will definitely buy you a lot of the happiness poverty can’t afford..no two ways abourrit … Money can hook you up with your dreams, friends, time even love(unless agape of course) , for the ‘general’, realistically conditional love, money can!
Hahahaha. You killed me on the GES part. Agape? Lmaooooooo… You made my day!!!!! I totally love you took time off your busy schedule to share your thoughts. What do we say to the hypocrites?….
Cheers to more money and good love. Have an amazing weekend.
Always better to be a rich son of bitch than a poor son of a bitch. Always writing amazing stuff Dr.C
That Quote I got stapled in my room. Screams so much balls and energy! Thanks for your feedback, glad you took time to read. Cheers mate.
Great read. First time on this blog and I’m truly impressed. Great to have C ok me accros this.
A big welcome hug Quayson. Be baptized in the awesomeness of my amazing filthy mind.
I really appreciate you took time to read my blog and dropping a comment. Cheers to an amazing weekend. And oh, check out my Stan Lee post. It’s amazing as fuck!!!
‘Money is the root of all evil’ ain’t BS, I think… People think that’s what the Bible says but what the Bible actually says is ‘ for the *love* of money is the root of all evil’…What the Bible says can’t be BS.
So IMO, money can buy happiness, yes but only to an extent.
Great insight you shared there Abby. I definitely wouldn’t say what the Bible says is BS. My mom will send an unhealthy dose of spanks all the way from her house. However, all I can say is, the interpretation of “love of money” is sickening. What qualifies as “good love of money” and what qualifies as “bad love of money”? That said, I love your opinion on the limited extent to which money can buy happiness. Per the quantity of texts messages and emails I am getting. I would write a follow up to this post and share my crappy… Read more »
Interesting!!!…Thumbs up👍👍👍
Hi Abbie. Great hearing from you. Glad you loved this post. Cheers
Great piece. Great great piece. I loved it.
Foooorty- O Legend! Bruuuuv!a celebrity dropped by freaking blog! Thanks a ton for your feedback. Truly appreciate. Cheers to an amazing weekend.
Great Piece !!👍🏾Money can buy you security and peace of mind. It can buy you extra time with your family and friends, a good education. It can be a blessing if you have to care for a disabled person at home, who would otherwise have to be institutionalized. It can but you a lot of material things, but you will still have problems. The problems will just be different ones. Money is helpful because you don’t have to spend most of your time worrying about how to feed yourself and your family and provide for them. It seems though that… Read more »
Fam! Hold my beer. I love every bit of your feedback on this topic. I truly support your view on parents teaching their kids how to be happy. But then again, do our parents understand what happiness is? And about preparing them for a life struggling to get rich, it should be part of the package. Teach me how to take rejection like a boss and not give many fucks about who ridicules me and tells me I can’t make it.
Thanks for your feedback. Cheers.
Peace of mind charley!
Peeps say all old women nag yet I have never seen a rich old woman who nags incessantly; Money does her nagging for her.
Great post Drc.
Keep them coming.
Peace of mind! So so important! Lmaooooo @ Rich old women don’t nag. Definitely getting the FBI on this claim .
Thank you Sire, for your amazing feedback. Cheers to an amazing weekend.