How marriage can save your life


































How marriage can save your life

  1. This isn’t new research and it isn’t very good either. Married people are a self selecting group and unhealthy people are less likely to get married or stay married.
    As always correlation does not equal causation, espectially among self selected groups.

    • Many of the studies in this area control for the effects of selection (if they did not, they would not likely make it into the journals). What the emerging research indicates is that, even when the consequences of selection are accounted for, marriage enhances spousal welfare above and beyond that attributable to pre-marital traits. Selection only accounts for some of the observed differences between married and non-married people – the rest of the disparity may very well have to do with marriage itself, which encourages spouses to become more productive, avoid risky behaviours and look out for one another’s health. Moreover, a negative effect of cohabitation on relationship longetivity is evident. True, the non-traditional views of cohabiting couples contributes to relationship instability and, if the partners eventually wed, to divorce as well. Nonetheless, the selection sensitive research strongly suggests that, irrespective of the pre-relationship characteristics of cohabiting partners, cohabitation itself changes couples’ outlook on the value of the relationship.

  2. The invention of “marriage” by human societies was a big mistake.

    • if u take the time to get to know the other person and have a lot of the same ideals in life and can work thru problems- then yes go ahead and enjoy marriage but do not do it to have someone look after u and the lifestyle u want if they are not in agreement with everything.

  3. Or maybe the types of characters that stay married for life are just more likely to live longer, for a host of reasons. I don’t think you can control a study of this nature to rule out reverse causality.

    • Longer doesn’t mean better.

  4. it’s nice to have companionship if it’s a positive, nurturing relationship, but I doubt most really are. Sometimes all you need is a really close and great friend. There’s no jealousy issues, snoring, cooking & cleaning for that person and you can focus on the most important things including being there for each other in times of need & illness, just as some married people do. I have never depended on a man to help me – there was always a catch or they would want to help for a “reason”. A best friend actually does have your best interest at heart and wants you to succeed. And with best friends you can laugh a whole bunch and not have to dress a certain way, or lose weight to ensure you’re still desired, or ask permission to spend money or to go out for some fun. It’s just a mutually agreeable happy scenario all around. And if you want sex, just a find any guy to fill your needs (guys are always happy about one-night stands) and then go back to being happy and content. The only time I would think marriage should take place is if you want to have children, so that you can have a cohesive and stable family unit to raise the children in where everyone shares same last name, whether it’s the wife’s or husband’s last name (times a changing). Otherwise it has run its course in history. It’s always been better for men than women, as women carried the brunt of the work and raising children. Now women have their own careers, and if need be, raise children on their own. Men might be nice to have around if they are 100% supportive, but personally…I have not yet met one couple where the wife says that her husband is always there for her. Infact, her close friends are better to talk with, to make decisions with and to laugh with. Interesting.

    • True, the benefits in longevity are only applicable to men.

    • I have a male friend that I said to “u do not have to be in a relationship to discuss things with people” and he now has a number of female and male friends that he has as someone to dicuss his problems with and as well to enjoy going to do things with and I am one of them..

  5. Human relationships are difficult enough. And man has to go ahead and add something called ‘marriage’ into the picture?

  6. I find it refreshing to read an article highlighting the positive aspects of marriage. Too many times we focus on all the negatives. Thank you for this article.

  7. I was sick with all kinds of ailments the entire last year of my marriage. It was only after the marriage ended that my health improved immensely. Of course, infidelity, lack of honesty and lack of integrity can make anyone within a marriage feel ill.

  8. the problem in today’s world is that the government is giving women with children money to live so they no longer need someone to support them and the kids. As long as men are not needed then they will find other things to spend their money on like alcohol, cars, sports, drugs, and sex without attachments. If the government started only letting people have children that could afford to look after them both financially and have both people that have submitted sperms to make this child involved in their lives then we would go back to marriage rather then just have a one night stand in the case of a women to have a child and live of the government. This means that we have to take the time to get to know the person we want to have a child with so that we can raise them together or at least have both party’s involved in the raising of the child. so my comment is why does the mother get to keep the child and live on social assistance- why does the dad not get the same right if he so wishes? Having children to look after and in your life also helps to keep you invovled in family and someone to look after the parents when they need help in their old age or some form of sickness.

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