| A study in England of thousands of women and | | | | The trick for a woman is to make him believe it |
| men found that people who went through the | | | | is His Idea. |
| good and bad times with the original mate and | | | | Being married has always been associated with |
| stayed together were much happier mentally. | | | | greater mental and physical health. Bachelors don't |
| It was also found that men who played the field | | | | live, as long, at least that's what the myth |
| got over the relationships when they ended much | | | | indicates. In the past studies have shown married |
| quicker then women did. | | | | men live a longer life with greater psychological |
| Women who stay single who once had a great | | | | happiness. |
| love that did not work out tended to be mentally | | | | There was an English study for 10 years ending in |
| stable. | | | | the millennium of 10,000 adults. Both men and |
| The fact that women who live with a man | | | | women were interviewed and asked a series of |
| without benefit of marriage are not as happy as | | | | questions about being depressed or anxious. |
| the men is because there is no financial protection | | | | Long-lasting relationships that have weathered the |
| for them when the relationship ends. Security is | | | | storm provided excellent mental health. |
| everything to women and marriage represents | | | | People that had failed relationships and were now |
| stability and although the relationship can end they | | | | alone had combinations of grief and anger and |
| will have some rights. This explains why women | | | | were often depressed. Both men and women had |
| who are married are more mentally stable then if | | | | poor mental health after this experience. But for |
| they simply lived together. | | | | those who could move on to new relationships, |
| Women have children and need a stable lifestyle | | | | much of the damage was somewhat reversed. |
| and a strong desire to protect themselves and | | | | Although women seemed to have a harder time |
| their kids. So marriage is very important financially | | | | of letting go than men did. |
| and also there is the question of respect that | | | | Women's mental health progressively deteriorated |
| everyone needs. If a women has her own career | | | | with the more break-ups they experienced. |
| and here own money these thing may be less | | | | For men that had several different experiences it |
| important. | | | | seemed the opposite was true. Men who had |
| From a man's point of view and if he's over 25 | | | | more then one relationship and moved on |
| security is not very important. But most men | | | | seemed to be in excellent mental health. Those |
| don't want to be squeezed into a relationship by | | | | men that had only one relationship and not moved |
| the women he loves. He want's it to be his idea. | | | | on were not as mentally stable. |