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Research Suggests Polygamous Men Live Longer

Posted by timothy on from the depends-which-part-of-utah dept.

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."

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  1. I would have thought the opposite by loftwyr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would have thought having multiple sets of in-laws would shorten your life expectancy through frustration alone...

    1. Re:I would have thought the opposite by jgarra23 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not only that, how does going from ONE nagging wife to TWO nagging wives make for longevity??

    2. Re:I would have thought the opposite by Rival · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not only that, how does going from ONE nagging wife to TWO nagging wives make for longevity??

      Maybe it just *seems* like his life is longer?

      "Sit on a hot stove for a minute and it feels like an hour; sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it feels like a minute. Live with two wives and it makes sitting on a hot stove look pretty good." (with apologies to Albert Einstein)

  2. Related to an old joke by base3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q. "Why do married men die before their wives?" A. "Because they want to"

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    1. Re:Related to an old joke by Mr2cents · · Score: 5, Funny

      (except Hans Reiser)

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  3. I just asked my wife about this by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    She guaranteed me that sleeping with other women would have the opposite effect on my longevity.

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  4. I think you ust hit the mail on the head by bihoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. Re:Question by hypergreatthing · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have only one question: what is the list of polygamous nations?

    And the follow up, are they looking for more engineers?

  6. You've completely missed it by blueZ3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  7. Duty Roster by zazenation · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!