Cold Hard Facts About Marriage

I have had many of my unmarried friends ask me if getting married is worth it. Do I think I made the right decision to get married so young? Was I happier single? These friends have said they heard that marriage is hard and scary and they just don't know if it was for them. They didn't want to get married if they weren't going to happy and get divorced. Plus, there are so many marriages that fail today they didn't want to be one of those people. Well I am here to tell you that being married is the best choice I have ever made. If you don't believe me, go watch this Mormon message on marriage. You will see many other couples speak on how much they love their spouse.

So when you read the post entitled the cold hard facts, you were probably thinking I was going to talk about all the hard things that come with marriage. But I am not going to do that today. I am going to give you reasons to want to get married.

1. Married couples are more likely to have better health than those who are unmarried. They have a longer life expectancy. Why? One of the reasons I think this is the case is because you don't want to do anything that would risk dying and leaving your spouse alone. Before Kelsey and I got married I was kind of a dare devil. I even wanted to go skydiving. Now, I don't do anything that would risk my health because I don't want him to be left alone.

2. people who are married have a greater life satisfaction, lower risk of depression, and greater economic stability, all leading to a better mental health. My life has improved greatly since being married to Kelsey. I am much happier now that we are married because I know that life can never be that bad as long as I have Kelsey by my side.

3. Wiser choices are made with couples who are married. I know that when I have a bad idea Kelsey is there to balance me out and ground me and the same goes for me grounding him. We are each others sounding boards and often times are the voice of reason to each other.

When making the choice to get married researchers have found that in happier marriages the couple has two things in common, values and life goals. This makes complete sense to me. When a couple shares the same values and life goals they are going to agree on the big stuff that comes up in life. Also, they are both going to be headed and wanting the same things in life. Now I am not saying that if you agree on these things there are never going to be fights but it will definitely make married life much easier.


We have the same goal that we should eat ice cream as much as possible in life:)

So now that you have heard the "cold facts" on marriage do you still not want to get married?