7:23 the married man life span thing is very real, it's part of the balance of the family unit that a woman's unique perspective fills in the gaps of an average man's tunnel-vision blind spots; however we really should be taking care of oneself, wife or no wife.
- Cause if god forbid circumstances claim her life early, then what?
- When time claims her, then what?
- If she leaves, then what?
- If she's a hot mess too that doesn't know how to eat proper also, then what?
Just the broad statistic of being married as a man means you'll 'likely' or 'tend to' live longer isn't an insurance policy, because at the end of the day: if you need a woman around just so you eat properly & sleep proper, that's a skill issue.
If you already do and she enhances that, that's different.
But a lot of people cite that fact of marriage with confident complacency, not realizing there's backhanded subtext attached to it.
