<p>music222 perhaps you should read the book - at least look at the first quote in my post #35.</p>
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<p>And what will the book tell me that I already don’t know? I just had to laugh at a poster’s comment: “Married people are happier, healthier and better off financially than singles.”</p>
<p>“The press often gives misguided ideas like drinking and hanging out with a group of friends is the way to spend most of your life.”</p>
<p>I don’t drink, so can’t comment on that, but what’s wrong with hanging out with a group of friends most of your life? If you get married, you will be “stuck” with one person the rest of your life. Most of my friends who are married I rarely even see anymore. To each their own. If you want to get married, get married. If you don’t want to, then stay single. I just think it’s hilarious when somebody says married people are happier than single people.</p>
<p>Okay I will spell it out for you (again). For one thing - just because you can easily think of examples of something does not mean it is true that is a reasoning error. As bay posted studies have been done which show that married people on the whole are happier particularly married men. The book cites studies not just people you know or some entertainment news story. It also points out if you live your life just based on the examples of people you know, you will have missed many opportunities to say the least.</p>
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<p>Maybe I missed them, but where are those studies?</p>
<p>Here’s a few studies I have:</p>
<p>[iZania</a> - Are Single People Happier?](<a href=“http://www.izania.com/black-news/black-health-news/are-single-people-happier?/]iZania”>http://www.izania.com/black-news/black-health-news/are-single-people-happier?/)</p>
<p>“Many people, even friends and family, sometimes think of single people as being sad, even miserable. But actually, on the average, single people are almost always on the happier end of the scale, according to many major studies. Also, it’s a well known fact that getting married hardly changes someone’s overall happiness – yes, married people experience a great deal of happiness, especially in the beginning (the honeymoon effect), but then they go back to being as happy or as unhappy as they were when they were single. Furthermore, only some married people enjoy the honeymoon effect at all.”</p>
<p>[Are</a> Single People Happier? celovetalk](<a href=“http://celovetalk.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2012/02/28/are-single-people-happier/]Are”>Are Single People Happier? | celovetalk)</p>
<p>“According to a recent study by the Washington Post, respondents were asked the question “How happy is your life compared to that of people who are married or in long-term relationships,” 41.1% of people who took the survey said they don’t think there is much difference, 21.1% of respondents thought they were some what happier, and 11.4% of respondents thoughts that they were happier. Out of 100%, 73.6% of respondents thought that they were either happier, somewhat or equally as happy as those who were in a committed relationship/married.”</p>
<p>[Single</a> People: Happy, Healthy, And The Majority - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/kiriblakeley/2011/05/27/single-people-happy-healthy-and-the-majority/]Single”>Single People: Happy, Healthy, And The Majority)</p>
<p>“The study came to two conclusions: One, there was no statistical difference health-wise between any of the four groups. In other words, a single person who felt he or she was getting poor support wasn’t any more or less healthy than a married person who felt he or she was getting great support. This was a self-rated survey, not one where the participants’ health was rated by a doctor, so perhaps it’s not the most unbiased study in the world, but many aren’t.”</p>
<p>Okay, instead of a war of citing studies. Let me just ask, Are you a 25 year old male? Aren’t you the least bit curious about one of the few books that has been written about this decade? What would be the harm in checking it out from a library and spending a couple hours reading it? At the very least, it would give you more things to argue about and at the most it could really help you with some area of your life. How or Why is that a bad suggestion?</p>
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<p>Not one bit curious. I’ve read these types of books already. It’s one person’s point of view about what they think you should be doing with your life. </p>
<p>If I need help with my life, I reach out and get help.</p>
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<p>What things?</p>