>>I imagine you are joking but statistically married men live longer than single.<<
My Doctor told me there was a very detailed study and the reason this is true is...
nagging.
Guys, let’s face it. Most of us will only go to the doctor at the point of a gun. Even if our leg is dangling on a single stand of skin, we figure an ace bandage and a beer will do.
When we are sick we man up with NyQuil and Jack Daniels. Preventative trips to the doc? Fuhgetaboutit!
So, our women (and statistically it is married women who do this) take us by the ear and march is to the doc, who then ca do the medicine thing that makes us better.
Had it not been for my wife I would have ignored this mole on my shoulder until God knows when. She saw and noticed it was changing. She marched me to the doctor and after a few specialists it turned out to be a melanoma that, thank God, was completely removed. It was about 9 cm and I have an 8 inch scar. Had it grown more who knows how much of my upper torso would have to be removed — if operating was even a possibility.
So, yeah it all makes sense.
There are two times I had to long term fight to get my husband to the doctor (usually I leave him alone, honest)
Once it turned out he had acute leukemia which turned into months of chemo and a bone marrow transplant. He was days from death.
The other time he had pneumonia. As a man with a compromised immune system and badly compromised innards it probably would have killed him.
So yes I have saved his life twice in my opinion, giving God the ultimate glory of course.
If he had lived alone he’d have stayed put and probably died, both times.
Wow! I had an 11 mm one and was crapping myself.