What is the American Dream? I've always heard people talking about living the Amercian Dream, but I've never been quite sure what they're talking about. I guess for starters you should have a happy marriage. That's good...I have that. Then I guess you should have atleast a kid or two, maybe three. I'm not planning to have any of those for a while. The next thing I guess would be financial stability. I don't quite have that yet. So do these three things really make up the American Dream? What about the people who claim to be living the American Dream, but yet they have an unhappy marriage filled with infidelities. They have kids and they have money, but the rest is just a big show. They laugh and smile in public then they fight and yell at home after the kids have gone to bed. If this it what they call the American Dream then I don't want it. I'm quite happy with my faithful hard working husband and my little house. The bills are more than the paycheck, but we're happy. In my opinion that should be the American Dream.