Aging and Relationships

Healthy, happy aging and relationships go together. In a way it makes sense. I mean if we let ourselves become old grouches that probably doesn't do much either for us or for those around us.


The best observable evidence of the aging<->relationships connection (after just looking around ) was provided by some long term studies that began in the late 1930's and have followed the subjects ever since. You can read more about the Study of Adult Behavior at the Harvard Medical School by Dr. Vaillant HERE.


Truthfully, I can't see how one can tell for sure whether the "stable relationships" that the researchers found in people who lived the longest and the healthiest were causative, where the effect of one of the other variables, or even whether staying with the same person for a long time is in and of itself a good goal.


Still, relationships were definitely in there and on that alone it is worth a look and some attention.