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Why marriage is good medicine for men
Parade Magazine ^ | June 18, 2006 | Gail Sheehy

Posted on 06/18/2006 3:59:27 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes

The biggest fiction behind James Bond is that the fantasy master spy and world-class heartbreaker lived past 40-something. It’s not just the death traps and vodka martinis, or even the three packs of cigarettes a day, that would have shortened his life. His naked ring finger would have too. Because real men need wives.

Consider the data: Married men—regardless of age, sex, race, income or education—consistently have been found to be healthier than men who are single, divorced or widowed. This so-called “marriage benefit” begins to kick in right after the wedding, then builds. Husbands ages 18 to 44 are strikingly healthier than bachelors of the same age. At every age, in fact, marriage not only protects men’s health but also prolongs their lives. So, what’s behind this marriage benefit?

(Excerpt) Read more at parade.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alimony; bachelor; ballandchains; expensive; goodbyeliberty; health; honeytrap; jamesbond; marriage; married; men; moderndayslavery; nofreedom; propaganda; thejoyofdivorce; touch; wife
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Lucky me. I have a wife who doesn't even need to read this to find out she's doing all the right things.
1 posted on 06/18/2006 3:59:32 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes
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To: Past Your Eyes

Wasn't Keanu Reeves on the cover of last week's Parade saying "I want to get married?" I guess 42 is starting to scare him.


2 posted on 06/18/2006 4:05:43 PM PDT by wizardoz ("Let them eat Hamas." - Luke Skyfreeper)
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To: Past Your Eyes

As Chekhov wrote, "Bachelors usually die raving mad. Married people die even before they go crazy".


3 posted on 06/18/2006 4:07:59 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: wizardoz

Yup. Most people eventually grow up and figure stuff out. Some never do. Mostly, they are called liberals.
Some only figure part of it out. They are called moderates.


4 posted on 06/18/2006 4:08:41 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Every time you think, you weaken the nation.)
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To: Past Your Eyes
I love these stupid articles. Men aren't healthy *because* of marriage. Men are married *because* they are healthy. The drunkards/smokers/druggies are more likely to be single or get divorced.

Say no to marriage!
5 posted on 06/18/2006 4:10:58 PM PDT by billybudd
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To: Past Your Eyes

SARCASM ALERT ---

I read the article in Parade. They are homo-phobic because there was not one word about homosexual marriage being good for homosexuals. So they must want homosexuals to stay in the closet. What other conclusion is there in this enlightened age in the year 2006.

SARCASM OFF


6 posted on 06/18/2006 4:12:39 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Past Your Eyes

Today is Father's Day. Rather than congratulate the men who have steped up to the plate and have become fathers, some people seem only capable of telling men what they should be doing or are lucky enough to be doing.

Men who marry the women they love and remain engaged before during and after the birthing process deserve better. If they stick around and do their best to be good dads, they deserve a day when they can be recognized for doing so.

Today I've engaged on one thread where fathers were scolded for not paying better child support. Now this thread tells fathers how damn lucky they are that they have a woman in their lives.

In case most people don't get it, Fathers are to be congratulated for what they have done, not assuming the worst or conveying the belief that they lead lucky lives due to a woman being in it.

There's not a father out here who is going to deny that children have made their lives richer. There's not a father out here who won't admit that having a wife has made their life richer. This isn't a day to congratulate those children or the mothers is it.

Dads, thanks for being a stand up person. There's at least one person out here who thinks you're great, and that society is better off because you're a member of it.


7 posted on 06/18/2006 4:14:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Senators, what have you done with those Conservatives we sent to Congress? (CyberAnt Inspired))
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To: Past Your Eyes

It figures, a woman wrote it.


8 posted on 06/18/2006 4:14:25 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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(Why marriage is good medicine for men)




Because otherwise we'd have way too much money and free time on our hands?

(sarcasm)


9 posted on 06/18/2006 4:22:14 PM PDT by A Troop 1-14 Cav (By the time you understand women, you are one.)
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To: billybudd
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man"
- Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972)

When our society learns that this is true, our society will be much improved.

10 posted on 06/18/2006 4:22:37 PM PDT by Tom D. (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benj. Franklin)
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Real men dont need wives.

Real men need beer.

Then, in decending order:
Whiskey
Wine
Work
BBQ
Coffee
Good Shaving gear.
A Truck.

Everything else is optional or for recreation.
11 posted on 06/18/2006 4:23:46 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Dont be a Conservopussy! Defend Ann Coulter, you weenies!)
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I got a card from my son today and it's something I'll cherish for a long time.

He spent last night at his grandmothers and this morning when I picked him up he handed me a card. Now you should know that my boy is 11.

He looked at me and said: "It's a Birthday Card I changed into a Fathers Day card. I just thought that Fathers Day should be as big a deal as your birthday."

I don't choke up real often, but I did right then.

I know I'll never deny that my life is richer because I'm married to the love of my life and have been blessed with a fine son. I don't know how or why I have been so richly rewarded because I honestly don't think I've done all that much to deserve it. I just try to remain grateful every day I get out of bed.

Today is my 'Friday' and I'm really looking forward to spending my 2 days off with my wife and son just bumming around, maybe going to the pool, and just generally hanging out with the two people I love the most in this world.

Nobody needs to thank me for being a husband and a dad. There isn't anything else in this world I'd rather be known as.

L

12 posted on 06/18/2006 4:25:24 PM PDT by Lurker (When decadence pervades the corridors of power, depravity walks the side streets.)
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To: GSlob
As Chekhov wrote, "Bachelors usually die raving mad. Married people die even before they go crazy".

So true it's scary, I know a few people who just got married and you can just sense their life force getting wiped out. Of course, I've met many exceptions also.
13 posted on 06/18/2006 4:26:55 PM PDT by DarkSavant
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...marriage is good medicine for men

Is this over the counter medicine or do we need prescriptions?

14 posted on 06/18/2006 4:29:04 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("This one goes to eleven.")
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To: Pukin Dog

Are you married?

Just askin'.


15 posted on 06/18/2006 4:29:41 PM PDT by altura (Bushbot No. 1 - get in line.)
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"Married men — regardless of age, sex, race, income or education — consistently have been found..."

Huh? Married MEN, regardless of their sex? Just how many sexes of men are there?

Maybe I don't want to know...

16 posted on 06/18/2006 4:29:48 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (Tired of being called intolerant by the truly intolerant...)
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To: tet68

This is the first thing by Gail Sheehy I have ever read that didn't make me want to puke. If a hen sets on a dozen eggs and only one hatches, you don't throw that one out with all the rotten ones.


17 posted on 06/18/2006 4:30:23 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Every time you think, you weaken the nation.)
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To: Lurker

You're a good man, L. Thanks for sharing!


18 posted on 06/18/2006 4:30:28 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: DoughtyOne

Dads, thanks for being a stand up person. There's at least one person out here who thinks you're great, and that society is better off because you're a member of it.


&&&
And here's another person who thinks dads are great! Thanks to all the real fathers out there. Thanks for all that you do to hold your families and civilization together.


19 posted on 06/18/2006 4:30:37 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: altura
Only to my local Beverages-and-More store.
20 posted on 06/18/2006 4:31:08 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Dont be a Conservopussy! Defend Ann Coulter, you weenies!)
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