Apparently, science has it out for singles.

New research shows “that people who never marry face an even greater chance of dying early than people who have been divorced, separated or widowed. All of these groups had shorter survival prospects than people who were currently married.”

This is according to an article in HealthDay by Amanda Gardner, which itself is based on a study whose findings were pubslished in the Sept issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

This isn’t anything new — other studies have already revealed the “connection between being married and a longer life expectancy” — but this particular study went further to distinguish between the separated/divorced/widowed people and the never-marrieds…just to rub it in, I guess.

Still, the article says nothing about singles having more fun and more freedom, which I personally think is worth the shorter lifespan. It’s not about quantity, but about the quality, right?

Nancy wrote this on August 11th, 2006 and filed it under Dating, Single Life |