Relationships Want To Live A Longer Life? Just Get Married. Like It’s That Easy The judgments passed on singles are frequent and damning. Want to live longer? Be happier? Get richer? Just get married. No problem. Or is it? By Lucinda Bradlow Relationships The judgments passed on singles are frequent and damning. Want to live longer? Be happier? Get richer? Just get married. No problem. Or is it? By Lucinda Bradlow Previous article The Key To Weight Loss May Lie In The Gut Next article The Classiest Spirits (For When You’re Over Wine) Professors at the University of Pennsylvania recently developed a life expectancy calculator. You answer a bunch of questions about your age, fitness and lifestyle and they tell you how long you will live.I put in my details. Thirty-five, female, high income, excellent health, good physical fitness, non-smoker, single. The results come up. Life expectancy: not as high as you might think. And the major impacting factor? Being single. Apparently married people just live longer. Lucinda Bradlow is an Australian living and working in Washington, D.C. as a communications consultant. She spent most of her 20s travelling to and studying Africa and is a specialist in development communications. loverelationships Best Of Future Women Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By Sally Spicer Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By Sally Spicer Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By Sally Spicer Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By Sally Spicer Culture “We can’t change this on our own” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture “Marching forward means ensuring all our voices are heard” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Dr Ann O’Neill’s husband committed “the ultimate act of revenge” By Sally Spicer Culture The question victim-survivors like me are tired of being asked By Geraldine Bilston Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
