Is it marriage or partnership providing the benefits? :) Don't get me wrong. I'm happily married and saw us in a few of these examples. But I think the same associations could convey to any committed relationship. Off to read the study!
Agreed. I would imagine that you could substitute anything representing a serious relationship for the term marriage. If it is someone you see 1 weekend a month even over a long duration, or someone you are in a long-distance relationship with over a long duration, probably not. I'm sure all of us have some memory of single life versus married life and how our priorities might have been different. Speaking only for myself, they were lol. So to me, the findings of this study just reflect what we think of as common sense in the data. Still good to have data.
Regarding the health benefits of marriage: I can vouch for that. For 37 years, we have held each other accountable and monitored our lifestyles. Life happens, and when one of us needs extra help, the other one steps up. I had a bad bicycle accident in 2019, and both my arms were immobilized for almost two months. That entire time, everything I would normally use my hands and arms to do, she did for me. Everything. I have had other medical emergencies, and am convinced I would be dead if I weren't married to her.
Regarding the new record in the marathon: I ran one marathon in my life, Amsterdam in 1995. A sponsored guy from somewhere in Africa won that one too, in 2:08 if memory serves. I ran it in four hours and twenty minutes, and couldn't climb steps for a week afterwards. I can't imagine the genetics, training, and discipline required to run 13 miles per hour for two hours straight. It's almost superhuman...
We had news story yesterday about domestic violence, I doubt the partners there are caring much for each other. And the people who stay together "for the kids" likely aren't doing much for the partners health. I wonder if it's healthier for men more than women and if marriage is really the cause of the healthiness.
That marathon time is amazing, 4:33 a mile or 2:50 a km. I can't bike that fast! Some people are just born with the physique to run. Me, I chug along at 8 minutes a kilometre, so no risk I will break any records
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
I know that when my husband was still alive I could have never gotten through all the health misadventures I had in the 42 years we were together. Likewise, when he was diagnosed with his cancer it was my privilege to be able, with Hospice’s help, to reciprocate. Taking care of each other in a loving relationship, however it shows up, helps. Of course there are exceptions to this rule but I can’t help but think that, should one who has lived a very long single life outlive one’s contemporaries, a lingering end would be excruciating and in today’s US, rather scary.
Is it marriage or partnership providing the benefits? :) Don't get me wrong. I'm happily married and saw us in a few of these examples. But I think the same associations could convey to any committed relationship. Off to read the study!
Agreed. I would imagine that you could substitute anything representing a serious relationship for the term marriage. If it is someone you see 1 weekend a month even over a long duration, or someone you are in a long-distance relationship with over a long duration, probably not. I'm sure all of us have some memory of single life versus married life and how our priorities might have been different. Speaking only for myself, they were lol. So to me, the findings of this study just reflect what we think of as common sense in the data. Still good to have data.
Regarding the health benefits of marriage: I can vouch for that. For 37 years, we have held each other accountable and monitored our lifestyles. Life happens, and when one of us needs extra help, the other one steps up. I had a bad bicycle accident in 2019, and both my arms were immobilized for almost two months. That entire time, everything I would normally use my hands and arms to do, she did for me. Everything. I have had other medical emergencies, and am convinced I would be dead if I weren't married to her.
Regarding the new record in the marathon: I ran one marathon in my life, Amsterdam in 1995. A sponsored guy from somewhere in Africa won that one too, in 2:08 if memory serves. I ran it in four hours and twenty minutes, and couldn't climb steps for a week afterwards. I can't imagine the genetics, training, and discipline required to run 13 miles per hour for two hours straight. It's almost superhuman...
I think it is absolutely nuts that 2 runners including a new comer broke the 2 hour record.
I think marriage can be good and bad
We had news story yesterday about domestic violence, I doubt the partners there are caring much for each other. And the people who stay together "for the kids" likely aren't doing much for the partners health. I wonder if it's healthier for men more than women and if marriage is really the cause of the healthiness.
That marathon time is amazing, 4:33 a mile or 2:50 a km. I can't bike that fast! Some people are just born with the physique to run. Me, I chug along at 8 minutes a kilometre, so no risk I will break any records
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
— Hannah Arendt
Yep. That’s what happens when you break Truth.
I know that when my husband was still alive I could have never gotten through all the health misadventures I had in the 42 years we were together. Likewise, when he was diagnosed with his cancer it was my privilege to be able, with Hospice’s help, to reciprocate. Taking care of each other in a loving relationship, however it shows up, helps. Of course there are exceptions to this rule but I can’t help but think that, should one who has lived a very long single life outlive one’s contemporaries, a lingering end would be excruciating and in today’s US, rather scary.