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Research Suggests Polygamous Men Live Longer
Calopteryx writes "Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. A study reported in New Scientist suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones. After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy to varying degrees lived on average 12% longer than men from 49 mostly monogamous nations."
I would have thought having multiple sets of in-laws would shorten your life expectancy through frustration alone...
Q. "Why do married men die before their wives?" A. "Because they want to"
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...and I'll even share! I'm all for watching girl-on-girl action!
That being said, as much as my wife and I both love naked chicks, I can't imagine being married to more than one woman, let alone surviving longer from it. One woman is enough to kill me.
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Since no one here has a even a girlfriend, I would say this is neither news for nerds or stuff that matters. :(
Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...
I have only one question: what is the list of polygamous nations?
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
Confucius say "Man who hosts two women under one roof sleep in doghouse."
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May shorten your life expectancy.
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She guaranteed me that sleeping with other women would have the opposite effect on my longevity.
I read the internet for the articles.
I suspect that people who are happy with their lives in general will live longer.
There are studies that show that married people live longer than those who are not.
There are studies that claim that happily married people live longer than those who are not happy in their marriage.
What makes men happy?
Being a guy I know I am happier when I get more opportunity for some "good" lovin' from my woman.
Do you see where I'm going with this? It's all about what makes you happy (imho).
Now then, the next question is: What makes women happy?
Figure that out and your onto something.
Why was I not invited to participate in this study? No matter which test group you are assigned to, you end up getting tail. I happen to be a strong proponent of getting tail.
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Now then, the next question is: What makes women happy?
Figure that out and your onto something.
More like "figure that out, and she'll change her mind"
Just kidding, honey! Honest.
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Who says you have to have multiple sets of in-laws? Just marry sisters and/or brothers, or heck, marry the in-laws too!
Infuriate left and right
Women aren't happy unless you are miserable.
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I can't resist the challenge of classifying the duties of 13 wives:
Wife#1 - Head Wife , as in lead wife, the matriarch of the harem. For head wife, see #7
Wife#2 - Sports equipment maintenance: cleans balls, buffs club heads, wipes shafts, etc. For similar duties see wife #7
Wife#3 - Food servicing: food prep for friends, beer fetcher, pizza gofer, etc.
Wife#3 - Personal comfort: Fanning, AC/heat control, recliner inclination monitor, foot massage, etc.
Wife#4 - Communications: answering phone with excuses as to why husband can't answer, getting the door, etc.
Wife#5 - Media control: Monitoring location of all TV and video remote controls, summarizing viewing habits of husband and printing list of shows for him, etc.
Wife#6 - Cleaning: Washing, ironing, vacuuming, etc.
Wife#7 - Head Wife - oh yeah!
Wife#s8,9,10 - Bedtime playmates, multiple partners to alleviate boredom.
Wife#11 - Backup wife for positions 1-10
Wife#12 - Secondary (redundant) backup wife.
Wife#13 - I have no idea why he would need a 13th wife! What a self-centered A-hole!
Nah. With two wives I can tell #1 that I'll be spending the weekend with #2; I can tell #2 that I'll be spending the weekend with #1; and on the weekend I can go fishing.
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