If You Want to Live Longer, Get Married

Alligatorob said:
It is true that on average married people live longer, but I am not sure of the cause and effect in that.

Do people live longer because they are married, or are more healthy people more likely to get married?
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I don't really believe that married people live longer because they are married. Maybe it is because couples eat better meals and single people tend to not cook a regular meal. Just microwave something quick. Could also be as couples they are more active.
 
katlupe said:
I don't really believe that married people live longer because they are married. Maybe it is because couples eat better meals and single people tend to not cook a regular meal. Just microwave something quick. Could also be as couples they are more active.
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you could well be right, Kat... I have found since my husband has been gone this last year, that I don't have the incentive to go out every weekend as we usually did when he was here.. I do cook for myself .. because I did before he left.. he was an extremely picky eater, and a Vegan, so I always had to cook for myself..
 
I think in a lot of cases, it's that married couples have someone else looking after their health.

Wife says, "Honey, you really should get that place on your neck looked at by a doctor" and nags him until he does. And when it turns out to be malignant melanoma and it's caught in time, voila! he lives longer. Single guy says, " Huh....I've had that spot for a while, probably should have it looked at" and then doesn't.

And definitely vice versa. Husband looking out for wife's best interests, too.
 
hollydolly said:
Not a chance...Overall , the person who caused me the most angst in my life, was my husband ..so I'll pass!
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Interesting, Holly. The statistics I remember from some time ago showed that married men on average outlived single men; single women, again on average, outlived married women. On average, women whether married or not, outlive men, regardless of marital history.
 
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rgp said:
Not near as stressful as listening to some female wagging her tongue , telling me I need to do this or that, and what time to do it.
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Well my stepfather put up with all my mother's abuse, screaming and raging and so far he's lived 4 years beyond her. I can only attribute it to his good physical genes as there is a lot of longevity in his family, both sides.

I'm on my own because of that house I grew up in. Yet there are times that really drive it home that I'm alone, such as having to scramble to get someone to take me to and from my cataract surgery. They refuse to let you go by cab or car when I would have been fine. That's why I was so happy to have only local numbing (which my surgeon stated some people can't handle, they have to go to the surgery center) with my carpal tunnel surgery. Drove myself there and back after surgery. No sedation.

Being forced to get someone to take me to those cataract surgeries when I had no one really made me realize how on the fringe of society I'm on. And they could care less about you, it's only to protect the MD and business.
 
Apparently, this is true. I have read about it in many articles. Unfortunately, I'm single so I better get my things in order; if you know what I mean!
 
Alligatorob said:
It is true that on average married people live longer, but I am not sure of the cause and effect in that.
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Well, a lot would depend on the bride and groom in question. Or, it could be a living hell. In general, if the relationship is healthy and good, having a life companion boosts all the feel good hormones and endorphins and actually favorably impacts health.

mrstime said:
Then get a pet.
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A pet will love you unconditionally, can't say for certain about a human, who generally look out for their own self interest...
 

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