The truth behind the impression that marriage makes people healthier is that people with health condition are less likely to find a mate. Especially men are dr

The truth behind the impression that marriage makes people healthier is that people with health condition are less likely to find a mate. Especially men are dropping out of partner market if they lack fitness. The ones who can stand marriage can also stand other adversities and generally get older. At bachelor parties in Germany there is also a tradition of letting the prospective husband do unpleasant or exhausting tasks to "prepare them" (e.g. carrying stones from one corner of the garden to the other in time etc.). If people who lack fitness somehow get by accident into marriage they divorce with higher probability or die earlier or both. There is the saying "a married man does not live longer, for him life just feels longer".