Did you know that men who are married live longer than men who are not and those men who have happy marriages enjoy better health? Hey, don’t knock until you’ve tried it!

Are you looking for a way to enhance, strengthen, and evolve your relationship with your wife? If so, look no further than infusing your relationship with her with passion, empathy, and appreciation to win her trust and make her swoon. While flowers are a great way to make your wife smile, so will all those small things you do for her on a regular basis.

As stated by the National Institute of Health, the “quality of relationships includes positive aspects of relationships, such as emotional support, provided by significant others, and strained aspects of relationships, such as conflict and stress.” In this respect, your spouse plays a very important role in your life and vice versa.

Social scientists all agree that in order to maintain a healthy marriage, it is important to listen, support, and encourage each other, which allow a relationship to grow and evolve with time. Continue reading →

People have often wondered whether men and women lived longer and healthier lives if they were married or single. Interestingly, studies have been done on the subject by comparing health interviews with death data.

Study Number 1

In one study, the United States 1989 national health interview survey (NHIS) was merged with the 1997 United States to identify the difference in mortality between married people and unmarried people.

After 1989, 5876 people died during the period of time the study was ongoing. This represented 8.77 percent of individuals. 61,123 people or 91.23% were found to be still living.

The researchers controlled for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and found that the death rate for those who weren’t married was significantly higher when compared to those who were still married and were living with their marriage partner. Continue reading →