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Widowhood

Who Needs Marriage?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Suicide, Marriage, Widowhood, Divorce, Gender Inequality, Health, Men and Women, Differences Between Men and Women, Happiness, Gender, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Sociologists have long considered suicide to be the gold standard measure of psychological wellbeing. Now we have a long-term study that finds that marriage protects men more than women from themselves.

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The Inner Journey I Had To Take: Two Weeks Alone on a Cliff

Lea Lane | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: New Brunswick Canada, Leo Kotke, Mel Torme, Widowhood, The Eagles, Relationships, Unplug and Recharge, Death, Traveling Alone, The Inner Life, Solo Travel, Bay of Fundy, Solitude, Dusty Springfield, Being Alone, The Balanced Life, Living News
Lea Lane

Why, I wondered, did I go on this solitary inner journey, farther than I had ever traveled, but within myself? To wash away pain? To prove my fortitude?

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So Cal Chronicles Suburban-Style

Jane Minogue | Posted 06.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Suburbs, Elderly, Women's Rights, Widowhood, Medieval, Suburbia, Magna Carta, Alcoholism, Racism, Widows, Style News
Jane Minogue

At the checkout in front of me was a frail, elderly lady in a gray sweat suit. Her liver-spotted hands shook as she put 2 jugs of wine onto the counter. One red, one white. Her drugs of choice.

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Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Anne Roiphe

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Widowhood, Relationships, Jerusalem Report, Sisterhood of Widows, Friendship by the Book, Widow, Anne Roiphe, Carol Haggas, Female Friendships, Vogue, The Guardian, Rebuff, Elle, New York Observer, New York Times, National Book Award, Parents, Living, Redbook, Loss of Spouse, Epilogue, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Epilogue is a gripping memoir by National Book Award finalist Anne Roiphe, who was forced to recompose her life after the sudden loss of her husband of 39 years.

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True or False: Married People Healthiest, but Singles Catching Up

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Methodological Issues, Singled Out, Single Men, Widowhood, Divorce, Matrimania, Marriage Movement, Bogus Media Reports, Media, Singles, Income, Stress, Soul Mate, Marriage, Singlism, Health, Loss Hypothesis, Crisis, Marital Mythology, Washington Post, Longitudinal Research, Black Singles, Marital Status, Single Women, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Even allowing for the approach that makes marriage look better than it really is, the differences in health between the currently-married and the always-single are tiny.

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