Read this, then ask yourself: Isn't it amazing the riots haven't started yet?

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123. a panacea?

Maybe not.

But perhaps better than pushing a shopping cart filled with one's belongings.

So I am almost 52 and never been married.

I imagine that it might have some benefits. Like Schopenhauer, I have longed for a wife.

I know from the census of wealth that marriage seems to have financial benefits. Looking at the 2002 census of wealth (since I did not copy gender information for 2011)

For married couples age 65 and over
3.6% have zero or negative wealth
2.8% have less than $5,000
41.9% have over $250,000 in net worth
20.6% have over $500,000 in net worth

single men over age 65
9% have zero or negative wealth
9.5% have less than $5,000
23% have over $250,000 in net worth
8.6% have over $500,000 in net worth

single women over age 65
10.1% have zero or negative wealth
9.8% have less than $5,000
18.9% have over $250,000 in net worth
6.2% have over $500,000 in net worth

I know from experience that it is hard to get along with people, but the financial benefits of cooperation are pretty obvious and undeniable.