# Happiness is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600 "2003-05-16T03:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/1 "2003-05-16T03:26:03Z")
Waking up in your SO’s arms. Seeing your parents’ eyes tear up with joy when they open your present to them. Realizing that your favorite toy as a child is still the coolest toy ever. Feeling like a part of the one and only SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/2 "2003-05-16T03:39:50Z")
Happiness is… … different for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/3 "2003-05-16T03:43:01Z")
happiness is… A release of endorphins in the brain causing feelings of stress relief and well-being. … caused by a pint of really good beer with my SO and best buddies. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/4 "2003-05-16T04:43:41Z")
Happiness is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane. No, wait, that’s osmosis. Is happiness a sweater straight from the dryer? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/5 "2003-05-16T04:51:41Z")
Have you been studying too hard for exams again, **KCSuze**? ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/6 "2003-05-16T04:53:39Z")
I would, if I hadn’t graduated. 😃 Is happiness the uppermost layer in our atmosphere? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/7 "2003-05-16T04:56:10Z")
No, that’s the ionosphere. Lemme show you what real happiness is… _grabs **KCSuze** and gives her a big ol’ wet kiss_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/8 "2003-05-16T05:02:10Z")
Awww…\ So that’s what happiness is! Thanks, **Q.E.D.!** \ ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/9 "2003-05-16T05:09:35Z")
Jeez… get a room will ya! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/10 "2003-05-16T05:17:06Z")
Happiness is to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. That and Code Red Mountain Dew. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/11 "2003-05-16T05:24:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Jeez… get a room will ya! Aw, but we haven’t even rented the goat yet! Spoilsport! ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/12 "2003-05-16T05:32:11Z")
Happiness is: The sound of silence when a baby stops crying. Watching a father play with their child. In-laws who are happy to babysit. Having great sex whilst baby is at the in-laws. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/13 "2003-05-16T10:02:37Z")
Happiness is: Having an automatic ice-cube maker and, thus, unlimited ice cubes… A cold shower in the middle of the afternoon. An air-conditioned room. I think I’m a penguin. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/14 "2003-05-16T14:59:43Z")
Hearing my SO’s voice tell me that he loves me in voice mail. My sometimes-distant kitty waking me up at 3 AM to love on me and give me kisses, even when I have to get out of bed in 4 hours. Going down the interstate on a nice day with the windows open singing Fiddler on the Roof at the top of my lungs. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/15 "2003-05-16T15:12:41Z")
. . . A three-day weekend with _two_ really good books waiting for me. ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/16 "2003-05-16T15:23:01Z")
(continuing Eve’s theme) …finding the new book you’ve been dying to read in the ‘new’ section at the library 😃 …hearing parents kiss in the next room (yay, they still love each other, all is right…) …laughing madly with your sister at an inside joke …devastatingly good tiramisu/creme brulee/chocolate silk pie/flan/any sweet creamy dessert, really ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/17 "2003-05-16T15:51:28Z")
… a warm gun (bang bang, shoot shoot). ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/18 "2003-05-16T18:13:19Z")
… dropping by your DH’s office to drop him off a Hamburger Kingtm hamburger and knowing that you made his day. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/19 "2003-05-16T18:28:51Z")
Happiness is… …temporary. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600/20 "2003-05-16T18:45:00Z")
Happiness is . . . a sunset flight on a CAVU day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/175600.md?page=2)