Is it normal that i dislike it when people say, “there’s no happiness with money.”

Wanting more money is completely normal. Money is security.

Yes money is great but I prefer to work a job that makes me happy inside even if it doesn't pay a whole lot.
You can get nice things for cheap, thrift shops for example which is also very trendy right now if you have a strong desire to follow trends and it's fun because you never know what you're gonna find. Spend the money you got wisely and don't buy unnecessary shit all the time and you don't have to be "rich" to live a good life.
Generally what people mean when they say that though is that money alone doesn't make you happy. A lot of rich people are unhappy and I think the biggest reason is because they depend too much on things to make them happy, when they're still not happy they buy more and eventually they realize they're rich but still not happy and there comes the depression. Happiness comes from within only, although security in the form of money is a contributor you can't try to get an excess of money and assume that as soon as you have that you'll magically become a super happy person! But of course wanting more money is normal. We need money to survive and never having to worry about being able to pay for food etc. is a huge relief to anyone.

You're envious.

The problem is greed. More money = more things. Things you want, not things you need; and what we want can become an endless list of items.

With your salary, you can easily be happy. Just live within your means and save. If you continue to constantly compare yourself to others, you'll always want what they have instead of being your own person.

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Also, a lot of us stay with jobs we hate because we didn't plan well and we fear the unknown. We're always thinking, "Where else can I make this much money?" It's an annoying feeling, especially if you're established at your job to the point that people will ask you for help/advice and your work is recognized by others even just a little bit. Along with that, quitting would mean starting all over somewhere new that possibly could have less pay than what we're use to and build our life around or have a horrible work environment with toxic bosses/coworkers. It's all fear.

No, money doesnt buy happiness.
Michael jackson, Prince, Elvis, Robin Williams. Etc.
They all made more then me.
The koch brothers made more then the group.
But what miserable old men.
I also work hard to make more.
Not because money equals happiness, but because I like nice things.
knowone hands it to me.
Many people dont like their job.
But we do what we need to so the bills get paid.
Remaining in a happy, yet low wage job.
Thats a dead end.
Im not sure why your inlaws are discouraging you.
Thats negative.
They should encourage you, so long as your goals are healthy.
Instead of projecting their unhappy life on you.

Sounds like condescending socialists/liberals who are afraid of others threatening their status.
Work hard and earn more and when you become successful remember those who are still poor, help them work hard to become successful too. Never give in to liberal shit and say “oh well the government will take care of them”.
I had low income at times but now when im doing well i been trying to get local refugees into my line of business to help them helping themselves, instead of living on the insulting social security the liberals want to give them.

75k a year aint nearly enough for financial peacea mind

Jeff Bezos is the wealthiest man in the world. Do you believe that also makes him the happiest man in the world?

The truth is that once you get above a certain level of income and physical comfort, it's easy to fall into the trap of wanting more and more money for its own sake, and your understanding of the true value of things becomes distorted. The fact that something very screwy happens when you become rich is demonstrated by how such people shriek victimisation if a government should ever suggest altering the tax laws so that they'd take home $99 million a year instead of $100 million. By no means is that a poverty wage, but it feels like a horrendous personal assault on them because all they see are the numbers, not what those numbers truly mean in terms of the lifestyle they can afford.

The median household income in the USA is somewhere around $60,000, so it's not surprising that you feel your life would be more comfortable and enjoyable if you had a bit more freedom to buy things that you believe you'd enjoy. But while it's true that being impoverished can be a truly miserable existence, the old saying about it not being possible to buy happiness is also true.

It's challenging for someone living in a consumerist society such as the USA to be content with little. The whole structure of the economy is based on people being constantly driven to buy more things and more expensive things. For most people, that has become internalised, so it seems only common sense that having more stuff and being able to flaunt badges of wealth will result in them finally being content with their lives. So they joyfully hop on the hamster wheel and start trotting away, certain that their hard work will be rewarded so they'll be able to buy a nicer car every year, get a bigger house every few years, gradually move up into the exalted circles of the glamorous well-to-do, and sooner or later, their lives will be wonderful.

The truth is that a lot of those people aren't happy at all, since they've come to recognise that they're on an endless treadmill, all sorts of pressures on them are constantly increasing, they really have little life outside of work, and they know that if they falter, everything is going to come crashing down and they fear they'll be back to where they started.

It seems to me that the truly blessed in this world aren't those with the most money, but those who do something every day that doesn't really feel like a job because they love doing it so much, and in return for their work they get paid enough for them to have a comfortable lifestyle, however they define that.

It may be normal but there are two types of happiness: happy with a wealth of money and happy without it, and I prefer the latter. As long as I have fine things of any sort, carefully selected, that is refined, distinctive, pompous, majestic, exquisite, fancy, opulent and ornate, and as long as there's refinement, I have dignity and I'm humble, I'm happy! I don't need any more money because I can save up for good things without regard to cost.

We have money and r an extremely fucked up family, none of us r really happy
U always want what u don’t have

The only good reason to stay in a $75,000 job is so that you can retire much earlier, maybe that's why they're staying in their jobs? If it's just so that they can buy fancy cars etc. then I'd say they'll come to regret it in the end.

There's happiness without money. But there's also happiness with money.

- It's not your brother or SIL's job to decide whether a certain job is for you. It's your job. If they're nosing into that, they're overstepping their bounds. Tell them to fuck off (politely).
- People stay in jobs they hate because they want to maintain their current lifestyle. The simpler your lifestyle is, the less bullcrap you have to endure.
- It's normal to want to be paid fairly for your work. It's also normal for an employer to not want to pay you fairly for your work, because every dollar they pay you in wages is another dollar unavailable for their bonus.