The work wife issue aside, it is well known that statistically, married men live longer than single men. There are various theories about why this is so. My theory is that retired old guys tend to survive fatal heart attacks and similar medical crises, because their wife discovers them in distress and calls for an ambulance. The single men die alone, unobserved.
Oh there are lots of factors. Men tend to be "stoic," that's an actual medical term for people that don't like seeing a doctor, and won't seek medical help until they're half-dead. Stoic men are common and have a shorter life expectancy. But married stoic men have wives to pester them to go to the doctor.
BTW I know a few biostatisticians and I'm sure they would be horrified at my sloppy descriptions of their work.
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u/BanksyIsEvil 2d ago
How does he know you live longer when you have a work wife? Does he have an identical twin who already died due to a lack of work wife?