What price happiness?

I've only just got round to reading this, and my initial reaction is to say "And?"

I totally agree with MiceElf , it doesn't sound exactly arduous!

And sorry if this sounds harsh, but the style of writing in the "blog" doesn't exactly inspire me to read the book. I wish I could find someone prepared to pay me for writing stuff!

So did her high living husband mend his ways with another mouth to feed? Maybe they were looking forward to the family allowance which was only paid out on the second child in those days!

Weekends were ruined by the fearful proximity of Tuesday?? What about the gut tightening fearful proximity of Monday that most of us suffered for years pre retirement? Sunday night 'feelgood' telly is there for a reason!!

Did she expect us to be all cuddly and empathetic?

I agree Gagagran. It is posible to be miserable and anxious with or without money. But money sure as hell can buy you a few hours or days of respite!

According to Amazon, Emma Smith was 18 in 1943. She is therefore quite an elderly lady now and perhaps 'things' were different in those days as were expectations?

Are we perhaps confusing happiness with security? I agree that it is difficult to be happy if beset with worries but happiness can come in flashes even then. The basic security of a roof over your head and enough money to pay the bills and feed the family make it easier to feel happiness but other anxieties and worries can creep in and bring misery.

It is usually people with plenty of money who tell us it can't buy happiness. At least they can be miserable in comfort. Gut-wrenching anxiety about how to feed and clothe your family is not a recipe for bliss. I can't believe this woman does not understand how her blog comes over. Once again, our members don't react as is, presumably, expected of us!

What a load of rubbish. 20 minutes once a week is not exactly a job. She was extremely lucky she was paid so much money then for the small amount of work that she churned out.

I churned out a weekly 5,000-word piece for a magazine for absolutely ages. (That was in addition to copy editing, proof-reading and occasionally writing books during the rest of the week.) I used to write the article on Monday morning, tidy it up after lunch and make sure the word count was correct, then catch the 5 pm post. Quite frankly, it was money for old rope.

Money probably doesn't bring happiness but, sure as hell, neither does poverty.

DP has been out of work on and off for two years and we have no savings or anything left now. The whole situation is very stressful and is affecting our relationship. In this situation I do think a bit more money would bring some happiness.

This crap makes me so angry .

Money does not buy happiness??? (Have you tried living without it?) But it bloody well does buy you a good night sleep, someone to give a helping hand, it pays the mortgage and puts food on the table.

Correction.......... Money does buy you some degree of happiness.

Sorry may not be in the best frame of mind at the minute !

Why weep! You are there near your child, can see him..presumably not totally abandoned or tethered like a kid, and can get to him quickly if he really needed his mum!

Money cannot buy happiness and many people could be happier if they were not chasing megabucks. But for those with genuinely very little money and no chance of ' a rented 17th century manor-house –' and an 'idyllic situation' money will at least make life less stressful.

DH and I did do without (holidays, clothes, going out etc so not basic necessities) and I spent 4 years not earning. I had that choice. So many people now do not have a real choice..it is work or you do not pay the rent on a grim 1 bed flat

What a load of----!
I had to go back to work 6/52 after my first born to look after my patients! No maternity leave then! Half an hour a week!?
My heart bleeds!

Or the haunted manor house?

1953?

Blogger must be in her early eighties.

I'm just intrigued by the very first sentence of the guest blog post...

Half a page, once a week? For heavens sake, most of us could have done that standing on our heads, baking a cake with one hand, swabbing the floor with the other and feeding the baby at the same time. Get real!

Oh. Gransnet must have given up advertising Amazon.

#smallmercies

It is on Amazon, jingle but a bit pricey. Even the kindle edition is a tenner!

More I think about it the angrier I get. For goodness sake!

It is available from Amazon (£11.99). Follow the link...

Really? What a load of tosh. Can't agree more with what micelf has said.

"Available from all good booksellers".

What?! Not Amazon?. Wonder why not.

And now a whole thread must ensue.

Off you go then.

Yes. Was hardly a job was it?

Are we that desperate for "blogs" on here?

"I was writing a piece for a local paper. In a shed. I got fed up with it. I got pregnant. I did n' t write the piece anymore". Wow!

Oh well. Guess it's free advertising for the book.

Half a page. Once a week. And a gezebo to work in. Wish I'd had that job.