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Old 10-19-2009, 02:27 AM   #34 (permalink)
mysticaltyger
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Originally Posted by ssandra View Post
For me that would be a minimum of 10.000 Euros per month.

Yes, I like luxury...

I would have spa treatments, go on holidays, go to the luxury gyms, stay in nice hotels, buy lots and lots of gifts for everybody, have diner in great restaurants, have people to cook and clean etc.
That sounds nice....and indeed it would be for about 6 months. After that, you just take it for granted as "normal". It just becomes part of your lifestyle but doesn't really make you any happier.

Economists call this phenomenon the "hedonic treadmill".
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