A Reason not to Marry #
April 1st, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
I’ve been hearing a lot recently about how beneficial marriage is, so I was somewhat gratified to see that it’s not always good for you.
On average, the unhappily married had higher daytime and 24-hour blood pressure readings than single people. Having a wide social network had no effect on the trends for either married or single people. But marital satisfaction was significantly associated with satisfaction with life, lower stress, less depression and lower waking blood pressure.
“Just being married per se isn’t helpful,” Dr. Holt-Lunstad said. “because you can potentially be worse off in an unhappy marriage. So choose wisely.”