I just saw someone else post asking why someone would want to get married, so I’m curious to see the opposite. Within the U.S., you can pretty much marry whoever you want as long as they are of age, and many legal benefits come with that. I personally know a couple who have been together for 20 years, and we live in a state that doesn’t recognize common-law marriage, so they are now considering it. Are there other situations where it simply makes sense to not get married?
Here’s something you can read:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7452000/
For what it’s worth, what I’ve always read was that both men and women live longer if married, but the increase in lifespan is bigger for men than women.
Personally, I don’t think my wife would be better off. She’s disabled and can’t work. She basically got fucked over by genetics.
While it was nowhere near as bad as it is now when she was in her 20’s and 30’s, the only times she was actually symptom free was when she was pregnant.