So I was reading MSN today, as I usually do each day. And one of the articles was about love being unhealthy and toxic. Being the avid reader I am, I clicked on it. How surprising to immediately start reading about our esteemed Gov and his estranged wife. The focus of the article was about how affairs can be bad for your health, but that love can actually do wonders for you. Here's what a Men's Health article had to say about why love (and marriage) is good. So all you wives (and husbands) pay attention!
1. Married men earn more money than single men. I wonder if that's the same for women? Somehow, I feel like a single woman could earn more, just by being single....
2. Married people (esp men) get promoted faster than singles.
3. You are 4 times as likely to be a victim of a violent crime if you are single. I have a feeling those stats might vary depending on the crime and your marital status however.
4. Married men have more sex. The article doesn't say that all that sex is with their wives though....
5. Never-married and divorced men have a higher mortality rate than married men, at least as far as cancer goes. So yay for my dad! He's gonna be fine.
6. Over an 8 year period, UCLA found that single people, even in good health, were 88% more likely to die. Now, they don't really specify the age of these singletons. I'd be curious if they were talking about oldies or youngins.
Other studies have shown that if a man gets divorced and doesn't remarry, there’s a 40% chance he’ll die before age 65. If he never gets a divorce, there's only a 10% chance he'll die before 65. Another showed that ending a marriage can increase a man's risk of dying of cardiovascular disease by as much as 40%.
Either way, all of this is pretty scary stuff. But simultaneously fascinating. Who would have thought that marriage really is good for you?! At least, good for your health. So all you long-time lovers out there- here's to your health!!
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