• Fallyn said on Aug 28, 2008....

  so....if you have a wife that yells at you....she'll definitely live longer than she would if she didn't. :P
  
  i know TONS of single guys that can't get a date to save their life....it's very lonely.
  and then they find THE girl.....and get married and are happy.
  and consider themselves lucky to have a girl at all.
  and i know TONS of guys that don't cheat either.
  
  
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Aug 28, 2008....

  Perhaps it's due to the fact that married men are nagged into going to the doctor and taking care of their health.  I know I've saved both long term men in my life by nagging them to get seen. (which I have to consider as foolish given what a pain in the ass they both are)
   
  The cleanliness level of a home also drastically improves when women are involved.  No nasty germs to take them down.  Food is usually prepared at home, making it more healthful.  Not many single men I know cook all that much if given the option to go out on a regular basis for meals.
   
  Women also tend to be the managers of family relations, which greatly reduces the amount of stress men have to deal with in that regard.
   
  I think that married men living longer is definately true.
   
   

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 28, 2008....

  fallyn- I know tons that don't cheat either, I'm one of them. But the stats are there. I've had life both ways and was happy both ways - except for my first marriage which almost killed me. Are there really that many guys who can't find a date?
  
  unique- I started to ask if you thought men's homes were really that dirty, then thought better of it. I've seen a few of those. The health item is a possibility, but I wonder how much it affects the stats. When I was single, I ate out almost every meal, but not junk food.
  

• Lucytorial said on Aug 29, 2008....

  The simple answer is that a man AND a women who are happily married will produce alonger life for both.  Women live longer than men anyway which is odd however a man who is happy a women who is happy yes, long life to all.
   
  The biggest killer in life is stress, stress will produce cancer, and other desperately awful diseases and studies have shown this including heart attack which seems to be more prominent in men! so less stress, mroe love and long life to you all.
   
  Ohh as a side note, I know that stress causes cancer I had to live through it with my husband, I also know love and happiness can cure all ails.  I'm also a pure optomist with much to learn in life so we shall see.  Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

• queenparanoia said on Aug 29, 2008....

  maybe it's because their wife is keeping them alive?!?!!?!? lol... ;-)

• evil_twin said on Aug 29, 2008....

  Well when you present the way you did, it doesn't make sense does it? :-P But in my own experience I know I wasn't very good on my own. Like for example I was just recently very sick. And if I didn't have my wife there to force me to the hospital, I'd be in trouble! Plus not all married men are miserable. I think overall it makes a person feel better and happier to know they're not alone in this life. That sense of comfort can produce a calming effect, and a calmer person is a healthier one.
  
  I have no idea though. But if being married means I live longer, I'm cool with that :-)
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 29, 2008....

  lucy- I'll easily go along with a happily married man lives longer. That alone would do wonders for stress in life.
  
  queenie- When you get married, I expect your husband to live a hundred years. I think you will be very good for the guy you walk the aisle with.
  
  ET- First of all, understand I believe married men live longer. The question is why. All married men aren't miserable, far from it and we are two examples. Its the statistics and what causes stress that make it difficult to put together an understanding of why.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Aug 29, 2008....

  Beyond, when you were eating out every meal, even if it wasn't junk food, it was still higher in fats, sodium and not as fresh as home made.  I think it a good idea to aim for less than fast food, but it's impossible to cook as healthy commercially than home cooked.  (Unless you go some place very very expensive)

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 29, 2008....

  unique- This is true. Even the "family restaurants" I ate at aren't going to be nearly as healthy. I have been the cook here for more than a year now, I see that. 

• silver_phoenix said on Aug 29, 2008....

  beyond~ perhaps single men take more risks...life-threatening risks.

• kruuyai said on Aug 29, 2008....

  I was going to say that it's probably because married men have someone waiting on them, making their meals, washing their clothes, and they probably have healthier lifestyles, etc. etc.  But then, your last paragraph really put it into perspective.  Maybe being married gives them someone to share their feelings with (in a positive or negative way), because men are usually the ones who hold things in, but when they are in a relationship, often that woman is the one person in the world that they will open up to (if they are the kind who are capable of opening up).

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 29, 2008....

  phoenix- Yea, I took more risks. Back in my single time (in between my two marriages) the only thing I knew how to cook was toast and Kool-Aid. So I did try cooking for myself. I had a couple NDE's (near death experiences) and gave up.
  
  kruu- Being married and sharing their feelings would be very beneficial, but being married and negative would not. This is shown in those divorce and unhappy marriage stats. And this affects well over half of men. Do you see how strange it is that the same number of women are affected, but it doesn't affect their mortality?? Perhaps they should reconsider the 'weaker sex'.
  

• Fallyn said on Aug 29, 2008....

  beyond...yeah.....there really are.

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 30, 2008....

  Fallyn- Its been twenty-six rotations around the sun since I've seen the single scene.
  
  I'm sure there were a bunch then too. I just don't remember it that way.
  

• silverwhisper said on Sep 05, 2008....

  honestly, i think that tobi-lee has nailed it, beyond.
  
  ed

• beyondtheveil said on Sep 06, 2008....

  Ed- That was pretty good, wasn't it? 

• silver_phoenix said on Sep 07, 2008....

  NDE's beyond...thats a good whatchamacallit! good thing you keep marching on soldier! ;-P

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