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Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
Married people (civil unions, whatever) live longer than lifetime bachelors/spinsters.

While lost in my philosophy hour (an hour where I put on a cardigan and slacks, listen to Mozart, and recline in an overstuffed chair in a wood-themed library), I listed the following ideas:

1. When you fall over, someone can pick your ass back up and you don't die on the ground from starvation
2. More responsibility = longer life? Being obligated to someone may help you live longer
3. Couple's health insurance is cheaper
4. Being happier = longer life? (though some marriages are unhappy)

I doubt there's a biological reason for it, so I'm quite tempted to say it's 1 and 3 - so getting one of those buzzers that calls in and says 'I've fallen and can't get up' does the same thing as marriage.

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>> Kanader
I think a lot of it is that being single, especially when you're older, can lead to depression. Old people get lonely anyways. Long term depression has negative physical health effects.
>> Anonymous
Having someone around to call you stupid when you decide to eat a bag of Cheetos and leftover bacon for dinner goes a long way. I'd bet that married people go to the doctor more often, too.

I've also read that spouses and boy/girlfriends are the biggest threat to a training program. My guess is that married people are healthier in the long run, but in worse shape.
>> Anonymous
I support #2 more than any other of Op's options. Most notably because of the large amount of (anecdotal) evidence indicating one spouse dying soon after the other in cases of living alone, yet that crotchety old grandmother that lives with you refuses to die.

Also, though, people are inspired to live longer if they have a purpose, and most people's purposes directly involve other people.
>> Anonymous
>(though *most* marriages are unhappy)

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>> Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
>>39054

Well, couldn't someone's purpose be themselves? Lots of incredibly rich people live for a long time.
>> Anonymous
>>39461
Might work for some. Rich people also have access to better medical care than most anyone else. Being able to afford $10,000 anti-cancer meds probably does a lot more for their longevity than anything else.
>> Anonymous
Married people are more likely to be in a constant routine. No randomly staying up days at a time and drinking energy drink after energy drink.

More likely to have a nice meal at home than pick up fast food shit.

Trying to make your kids eat healthy is harder if you're scarfing down pork rinds in front of them.