Apparently, the way this went down is that Paul Dolan, a behavioral science professor at the London School of Economics, analyzed data from the American Time Use Survey and determined that unmarried women who never have children are the most content and outlive their married counterparts — guess the fact that women tend to outlive men makes them “healthier.”
Unmarried women are the healthiest and the happiest: professor https://t.co/5pJ9xK2HP0 pic.twitter.com/QREabk16eq
— New York Post (@nypost) May 28, 2019
There is a catch, though — married couples say they’re happy … if the spouse is within earshot. The New York Post reports:
Married men take fewer risks and “calm down” and therefore are healthier than their single counterparts, whereas women did not see the same benefits. Women’s health was mainly unaffected by marriage, but middle-aged married women reported more mental and physical problems than single ones.
“You take less risks, you earn more money at work, and you live a little longer. She, on the other hand, has to put up with that, and she dies sooner than if she never married. The healthiest and happiest population subgroup are women who never married or had children,” Dolan said.
Find out more in Dolan’s book, “Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myths of the Perfect Life.”
I would bet cash money this turns out to be untrue like everything else any feminist has ever said during the entire history of always. https://t.co/Xd4C8URg9J
— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) May 28, 2019
Yeah sure dude.
— Super Naco (@Super_nac0) May 28, 2019
— Jeremy Fichaud (@FilmJunkie82) May 28, 2019
“Yes, I promise I’m happy. I am truly happy and I mean it. Stop questioning my life choices! I don’t need a husband!”
*starts sobbing in the background*
— Wes (@wesman0615) May 28, 2019
Until they adopt their first cat.
— BSF (@BSF_75) May 28, 2019
Lol…yah? pic.twitter.com/Sm383uoUUr
— BoredTroll (@TrollBored) May 28, 2019
So happy…. pic.twitter.com/eC4oFB8YXe
— K.V. (@KV8675309) May 28, 2019
Well, aside from all the toxoplasmosis.
— Bono Estente (@BonoEstente) May 28, 2019
Except those with cat allergies…
— Токсическая сеть (@Toxic_Web) May 29, 2019
Yes, old maid cat ladies are known for being happy. LOL
— Mr. Jeremy Turner? (@MrJeremyTurner) May 28, 2019
I see a future full of cats… pic.twitter.com/etSfbenyOm
— Modiglian (@modi_glian) May 28, 2019
Cats, Jane Austen and Cheetos. Woohoo!
— ABLE (@nova_patriot) May 28, 2019
Did a cat write this
— Confirmed Miscer (@ManDaveJobGood) May 28, 2019
— Eric (@elane1013) May 28, 2019
1000000% not true.
— JM (@jamcc86) May 28, 2019
— jadedlilredpill (@jadedlilredpill) May 28, 2019
Yeah I’m calling BS!
— Debra Monroe (@dmonroe59) May 28, 2019
Is this from the same person that said money doesn’t buy happiness?
— Chitown Mike (@ChitownMike312) May 28, 2019
Unmarried women are the healthiest and spend the most time lying to themselves that they are the happiest:
FTFY
— R Treibel (@therealrainfall) May 28, 2019
Until you're the last unmarried, childless person in your friend group. pic.twitter.com/GNgfOmn6vL
— megalith (@worldabolition) May 28, 2019
I am sure they will be super happy in the elder years when they are in their one bedroom apartment surrounded by empty boxes of wine and a dozen cats, so glad that they don't have a husband or family for companionship. pic.twitter.com/XZUG75yCim
— Newsie McNews (@McnewsNewsie) May 28, 2019
Dying alone is the key to happiness! – miserable feminists, 2019
— Liam (@goudie_will) May 28, 2019
It's so true that they had to do a study to convince the rest of us.
— McGee (@showemthelights) May 28, 2019
— Jarod (@texian1776) May 28, 2019
I would wager the standard deviation is off the charts. A good marriage will absolutely make you happier than dying alone being eaten by cats ever could. A bad marriage can make you wish you were dead. It takes work.
— Mike Penisberg† #MoronLabe (@mike_pberg) May 28, 2019
This sham article was pumped out because other studies more accurately reveal religious & married people are far healthier, happier & when children come along, we really realize they're like the cherries on top. But keep telling yourself this if it makes you feel better.
— Ilsa D. (@ilsad257) May 28, 2019
Just more BS to support the goal of the breakdown of the nuclear family-
— LynnFinn (@LynnyontheFly) May 28, 2019
— SBNY (@SBNY) May 28, 2019
Stop ruining family, thank you.
— Olao (@Olua_AO) May 28, 2019
— DRB ⛺️⛰?? (@D_R_Ball) May 28, 2019
Women who are never married and don’t have children are the most content and outlive their married counterparts
??????
— Jo Elm (@joelmcw) May 29, 2019
Eleventy bazillion women on dating sites disagree
— Dylan Gwinn (@themightygwinn) May 28, 2019
Related:
Having that second child will damage your mental health, new study claims (but read the fine print) https://t.co/0kITFQCmVt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 17, 2018
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