Advantages of Being Married
Dear [Mentat],
Now on to the health benefits of marriage. Check out this web site:
http://www.adherents.com/misc/marriage.html
It talks about the advantages married couples enjoy over couples that are “shacking up”, and gives numerous supporting references. The married folks seem to experience higher individual incomes, lower rates of violence and alcoholism, and longer, healthier lives in general.
Also check out:
http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2000/december_2000_4.html
I got these by searching for “Advantages of marriage” on Google. There are many, many others as well. The message here is that though we hear so often about the high divorce rates and numerous other drawbacks of marriage, it appears that on the whole, marriage enriches lives more than it complicates them.
