Marriage

1. Not to say that the only way to be a moral person is to get married, but living a married life involves a lot of challenges. When people get married and start to build their own family, they experience problems that are not commonly experienced by singles (such as providing for children, paying for debt that is not your own, etc). Because of this, married people are given the opportunity to overcome unique challenges, thus allowing them to become .....

Encourages you to eat healthier

2. Its been proven that cooking your own meals is healthier than eating out. The problem for single people is that they normally dont have someone to cook for them. Consequently, they are more likely to eat out. However, married people can cook for each other, giving them a higher chance at eating healthier. .....

You earn more money

3. Most singles believe that they have better opportunities of earning more than married people. Truth be told, married people are more likely to earn more than singles. Aside from the fact that married people have less tax to pay, they have a higher motivation to get better jobs than single people because they have their own families to raise and provide for. .....

Take advantage of more tax breaks

4. As mentioned earlier, singles are required to pay more taxes than married people. Married employees enjoy the benefit of paying less tax than singles because national legislators understand that married people need more money to provide for the needs of their families. .....

Enjoy companionship

5. According to psychology, one of the basic needs of every human being is a sense of companionship or belonging. When a person gets married, he or she enjoys the company of his or her spouse. .....

Emotional support

6. When singles are confronted with difficulties in life, they normally turn to their friends for support or comfort. However, friends may not always be there. Unlike singles, married people have their spouse to serve as their shoulders to cry on when they are burdened down. .....

Become selfless

7. When a person gets married, they dedicate their lives to their spouse and children. As times goes on, married people learn to live for someone other than themselves. .....

Children

8. One of the most rewarding feelings in the world is having your own children. A married person experiences challenges in raising his or her children from time to time, but these challenges are nothing compared to the love that develops between parents and children. .....

Stable environment for children

9. Being married does not only provide a range of benefits for the husband and wife but also for their children. When a child is raised within a stable marriage, the child has a higher sense of security than a child whose parents are not married. .....

You wont die alone

10. Its one thing living the single, none committal life. But what happens when you are older and all of those steaming rendezvous have rendezvoused out of your age? Sure, marriage does not guarantee that you wont end up alone (you could end up divorcing), but its one of the most stable actions you can take to make sure someone who loves you will be with you till the end. .....

Someone who understands you

11. Marriage is a long term commitment. As such, marriage creates the unique opportunity for someone other than a family member, to know and understand you inside and out. .....

Encourages personal growth

12. Married life is totally different from the kind of life lived by singles. Marriage brings you into a world where you have never been before, and this world teaches you a lot of lessons that lead to your growth as an individual. Marriage has the ability to transform a person holistically as he gains a much bigger perspective of life. .....

Security

13. Married couples have a better sense of companionship and security than couples that just live together. Marriage helps give the assurance that the union between spouses is permanent. This sense of security is not experienced by couples that just live together, because nothing as strong as marriage is there to keep them together. .....

True love

14. When two people are together and love each other, it does not matter to them whether they are married or not all they know is that they are in love. However, the act of marriage symbolizes a relinquishing of your rights for the sake of the one you love. This selfless action is one of the most obvious forms of true love. .....

Genuine respect

15. Marriage reveals many things about a person that might not have been so obvious while dating. Some of these discoveries will challenge spouses to see each other as they really are and still respect each other. .....

A smart investment

16. Like any investment, your return is dependent on how much you invest. Nevertheless, marriage offers one of the best returns available. As a study for the Office of National Statistics shows, marriage makes people happier than having a six figure salary. Therefore, by investing in your marriage, you have a higher return of happiness. .....

Happiness

17. Its difficult to determine whether married people are happier because they are married or they marry because they were happy to begin with. Nevertheless, research has shown that married people are happier than those who remain single. .....

A license to be daring

18. You may think that marriage is the cage that traps the desire to live on the wild side. But the opposite is true couples can encourage each other to do things that they would not have done otherwise such as going on a long hike, travel, bungee jumping, sky diving, etc. .....

Confidence

19. The caveat to this is the fact that confidence in marriage can go either way. A verbally abusive spouse who consistently demeans his/her partner will creative a caustic environment in which confidence will be non existent. On the other hand, in a stable marriage, partners can encourage each other which in turn creates an environment that promotes self confidence and worth. .....

Help against cancer

20. According to studies, divorced and never married people are more likely to develop cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer compared to married people. .....

Faster promotions at work

21. According to studies, married people perform better in the workplace than those who are single. As such, they enjoy the opportunity of being promoted faster than singles. .....

Longer life

22. It is a fact that married people live longer lives than singles. Studies confirm that marriage is directly associated with lower mortality risk. Those who are divorced and are single have a mortality risk that is 50 percent higher than married individuals. .....

Healthy mind

23. Studies show that married men have a lower risk of depression have higher cognitive functions and have a reduced risk of Alzheimers disease. .....

Greater satisfaction

24. Studies show that married men enjoy a better and more abundant life than those who are single. .....

Higher chance at affluence

25. According to studies, people who remain single all their lives have higher chances of experiencing poverty compared to people who are married. Married people are driven to excel at work because they have a family to support and provide for. Thus, they are more likely to have better jobs and good savings. .....

Married women report higher levels of physical and psychological health

26. Formerly married women reported the worst health while never married women fell between these two groups. Compared with unmarried women, married women had less job stress, environment stress, child stress, financial stress, and relationship stress. Health measures included self rated health, distress level, chronic illness, and a number of stress types, ranging from social life stress to job strain. .....

Married people are more likely to volunteer

27. Compared to unmarried peers, married adults were1.3 times more likely to have volunteered for socialservices and averaged 1.4 times more volunteer hours. .....

Ever married women are less likely to experience poverty

28. Compared to never married peers, women who had ever been married were substantially less likely to be poor regardless of race, family background, non marital births, or education. Ever married women have a poverty rate that was roughly one third lower than the poverty rate of never married women. Currently married women had an even lower probability of living in poverty about two thirds lower than other women. .....

Marriage is associated with a lower mortality risk

29. ompared to married individuals, those who have never been married had nearly twice the mortality risk. Divorced or separated individuals ran a mortality risk more than 50 percent higher than those who were married. The black white mortality gap narrowed when marital status was taken into account. .....