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- From: xcpslf@decsrv.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (stephen l favor)
- Subject: Re: mathematician's marrying ages.
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:15:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.185215.303@cc.tut.fi>, jk87377@cc.tut.fi (Juhana Kouhia) writes:
- |>
- |> I have read from the newspapers about animals in zoos, how they
- |> are lonely (alone) and actually die for their loneliness (also after
- |> their partner has died).
- |> I have also read about how some elder people die soon after
- |> the dead of their wife/husband.
- |>
- |> So, the researchs I have read about tells that
- |> people married lives longer and are more healty than
- |> people not married.
-
- But do you have a comparison of death ages of people who never married
- vs. married people? How about those who have been through divorces
- (maybe multiple times)? What is their levels of social interaction?
-
- |> (And the case is not simply as: "In almost every study I know of, this is
- |> simply a correlation. How many people do you know of that want to get
- |> married to someone with a "mental" problem?" as suggested.)
-
- All people have "mental problems" in a loose sense. Pick up and read any
- book on the subject and from time to time you'll say, "I do that," or
- "Harry does that." For the general population, these "problems" don't
- hamper daily existence, but I think it's acceptable to say that they exist and
- people don't want to deal with them. How many mother-in-laws would qualify
- as narsissistic (sp?)? Therefore, I assert that one of the many factors
- in choosing a mate is that he/she doesn't step on any of your "mental
- problems."
-
- |> Having many friends is not the same than having a caring living
- |> partner.
-
- Being married isn't the same as having a caring, living partner.
-