Rock-Stars-of-Aging-by-Marc-Middleton
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<strong>Rock</strong>s <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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FAMILY MATTERS<br />
34: Centenarians Stay Married<br />
“To get the full value <strong>of</strong> joy you must have someone to divide it with.”<br />
-- Mark Twain, author (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)<br />
This one is interesting because almost every centenarian we have<br />
interviewed was married for a long time but hasn’t been married for a<br />
long time. In other words, their spouses died many years ago after a<br />
long and mostly happy marriage. They enjoyed the benefits <strong>of</strong> a long<br />
successful marriage but didn’t have the stress and burden <strong>of</strong> caring<br />
for an elderly life partner.<br />
Numerous studies have indicated that married people live, on<br />
average, longer and happier lives than single people. It seems it’s<br />
important to choose your life partner carefully and then stick together<br />
“until death do us part” if you want to live to a really old age.<br />
<strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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