Well, I suppose she has you best interest at heart. I mean really, without some over site or rules the rich would be living in Yellowstone park and bathing in the natural springs.
Married men live longer lives than single men, apparently having someone who cares about them keeps them from getting depressed leading to better life choices.
Married women live shorter lives than single women, apparently because the additional stress of married life takes its toll.
We men really have no cause to complain as we’re getting the better end of the bargain.
That’s perhaps based on wife’s jealousy of his free-range diet, given that he just wants to eat tasty stuff; she may actually covet a cheeseburger & fries. In all fairness, it took a good woman to introduce me to good salads, quite apart from the iceberg & thousand island in my parents home. My first hot fresh spinach salad with bacon, garlic, oil & vinegar changed my world. Nowadays, I follow Lydia’s kitchen on PBS.
In defense of all wives everywhere I am tired of being blamed for our husbands’ health problems. ‘Why didn’t you feed him better?’ ‘Why didn’t you make him take his medicine?’ ‘You really should get him to exercise more.’ It’s as if all husbands are 5 year olds who can drive! If a husband has medicines he is supposed to take each day, why should the wife have to remind him to do so? (Note: Doctors recommend that you don’t remind him because that keeps him from remembering on his own). If a husband choses to stop at a fast food place on the way home or to buy a bag of candy to eat in the car, why is that the wife’s fault? We can buy healthy foods and fix healthy meals but there is absolutely nothing to stop a man from shopping on his own and getting whatever junk food he wants. Of course, when the wife is obese, it’s not the husband’s fault — ‘Boy, she really let herself go!’
I have the greatest incentive to live longer. I’m married to the most wonderful woman in the universe and I want to spend as many years as I can with her.
What I usually do is order a bun-less bacon cheeseburger (keeping the veggie toppings) and instead of fries, I order a side garden salad (with NO dressing and NO croutons). I then cut up the burger, add it to the salad, bring my own olive oil and use that as dressing, along with salt and pepper. I really love THAT salad. :o)
That was my mother-in-law. My father-in-law was a diabetic with a heart condition and for a while had an ulcer. He said that he would die from malnutrition since virtually every food known to man was excluded from his diet.
My MIL did a good job cooking healthy for him. When they went out, people asked how he knew what to eat.. He says, “If I order the wrong thing, I get ‘the look.’”
I used to get salads in restaurants drowned in bleu cheese dressing, which I love. I finally got smart and get the dressing on the side and put just a teaspoonful on the salad and spend a couple of minutes thoroughly mixing the salad so every bite has a thin coating of the dressing. I am convinced that I take in a lot less calories that way.
WOW, bet you have a lot of excitement in your life. Even old fools like you should have a little bit of excitement in their life. Maybe you ought to try the 1/3 pound steak.
My father wants me to eat healthy so when i take him grocery shopping he’s always buying for me “low fat” foods. He bought some “low fat” cheese 6 years ago. It still hasn’t gone mouldy. I figure people who eat low fat died a long time ago, they’re just preserved
When I was in college, I used to go to McGuire’s Irish Pub.
They served a Chef’s Salad that began with an entire head of lettuce, piled on the Ham & Cheese until it was embarrassing and was served with a Quart jar of salad dressing and a Ladle.
The only place I’ve ever seen where you Needed a doggie bag for your Salad.
My daughter in law’s dad was a doctor, so she never had to GO to the doctor, she was treated at home. She still requires a tow truck to get her to one, even when she has pneumonia. To make matters worse, she is 15 years older than he is, and if married men live longer than married women, chances are he will outlive her. Sigh.
Superfrog over 5 years ago
It just seems longer.
santa72404 over 5 years ago
You should have some prunes just like wifeys face.
kaffekup over 5 years ago
I know how you feel, Buddy.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s all about what is added to a salad or a potato. There is nothing wrong with a baked potato with the skin and some low fat sour cream and chives.
Enter.Name.Here over 5 years ago
They live longer because if their don’t listen and stay healthy, then their wives will kill them anyway.
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
Technically, you could have the potato and then find a new wife if that was a prerequisite to living longer. Win win.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Well, I suppose she has you best interest at heart. I mean really, without some over site or rules the rich would be living in Yellowstone park and bathing in the natural springs.
Masterskrain over 5 years ago
They live longer JUST so they can dance on her grave…
jvo over 5 years ago
I’m sensing some misogyny in this thread.
Some facts here that might change this.
Married men live longer lives than single men, apparently having someone who cares about them keeps them from getting depressed leading to better life choices.
Married women live shorter lives than single women, apparently because the additional stress of married life takes its toll.
We men really have no cause to complain as we’re getting the better end of the bargain.
Aubrey Dacus over 5 years ago
It just seems longer… (“now I’m praying for the end of time”)
jvo over 5 years ago
Oh! And as to salads. Salad dressings are an abomination and should never be allowed to smother what should be a tasty dish.
Geophyzz over 5 years ago
Married men don’t live longer – it just seems that way. (Just kidding dear.)
Nuliajuk over 5 years ago
Butter AND sour cream?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago
You live longer, but you don’t enjoy it, what’s the point?
ChristineMurphy over 5 years ago
Yes, and we should be thanked more often…put the dressing on the side and forget about it.
P51Strega over 5 years ago
Just add the chives to the potato and there you have it – salad.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 5 years ago
females don’t have the corner on the market on healthy meal choices
david_42 over 5 years ago
Three pieces of lettuce with a bucket of dressing.
Ignatz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Married men DO live longer, and I think it actually is because their wives make them go to a doctor when they need to.
Oldgrowth over 5 years ago
That’s perhaps based on wife’s jealousy of his free-range diet, given that he just wants to eat tasty stuff; she may actually covet a cheeseburger & fries. In all fairness, it took a good woman to introduce me to good salads, quite apart from the iceberg & thousand island in my parents home. My first hot fresh spinach salad with bacon, garlic, oil & vinegar changed my world. Nowadays, I follow Lydia’s kitchen on PBS.
PoodleGroomer over 5 years ago
Take the real bacon I was going to add to the potato and put it on the salad.
GreenT267 over 5 years ago
In defense of all wives everywhere I am tired of being blamed for our husbands’ health problems. ‘Why didn’t you feed him better?’ ‘Why didn’t you make him take his medicine?’ ‘You really should get him to exercise more.’ It’s as if all husbands are 5 year olds who can drive! If a husband has medicines he is supposed to take each day, why should the wife have to remind him to do so? (Note: Doctors recommend that you don’t remind him because that keeps him from remembering on his own). If a husband choses to stop at a fast food place on the way home or to buy a bag of candy to eat in the car, why is that the wife’s fault? We can buy healthy foods and fix healthy meals but there is absolutely nothing to stop a man from shopping on his own and getting whatever junk food he wants. Of course, when the wife is obese, it’s not the husband’s fault — ‘Boy, she really let herself go!’
nosirrom over 5 years ago
I have the greatest incentive to live longer. I’m married to the most wonderful woman in the universe and I want to spend as many years as I can with her.
contralto2b over 5 years ago
What I usually do is order a bun-less bacon cheeseburger (keeping the veggie toppings) and instead of fries, I order a side garden salad (with NO dressing and NO croutons). I then cut up the burger, add it to the salad, bring my own olive oil and use that as dressing, along with salt and pepper. I really love THAT salad. :o)
DanFlak over 5 years ago
That was my mother-in-law. My father-in-law was a diabetic with a heart condition and for a while had an ulcer. He said that he would die from malnutrition since virtually every food known to man was excluded from his diet.
My MIL did a good job cooking healthy for him. When they went out, people asked how he knew what to eat.. He says, “If I order the wrong thing, I get ‘the look.’”
raptor over 5 years ago
Have both – you only live once ;o)
Godfreydaniel over 5 years ago
But how much FUN do they have?
kodj kodjin over 5 years ago
I used to get salads in restaurants drowned in bleu cheese dressing, which I love. I finally got smart and get the dressing on the side and put just a teaspoonful on the salad and spend a couple of minutes thoroughly mixing the salad so every bite has a thin coating of the dressing. I am convinced that I take in a lot less calories that way.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
And bring some ranch on the side… never mind; just leave the bottle. And don’t forget the cheese and bacon crumbles.
dave22221 over 5 years ago
WOW, bet you have a lot of excitement in your life. Even old fools like you should have a little bit of excitement in their life. Maybe you ought to try the 1/3 pound steak.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 5 years ago
Taking a brand new tract — is that guy at the counter wearing a MAGA hat?
somebodyshort over 5 years ago
My father wants me to eat healthy so when i take him grocery shopping he’s always buying for me “low fat” foods. He bought some “low fat” cheese 6 years ago. It still hasn’t gone mouldy. I figure people who eat low fat died a long time ago, they’re just preserved
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago
I was surprised and pleased that almost all of today’s comments were about food rather than the politically charged phrase “oversight committee”.
cabalonrye over 5 years ago
So true. So very true. And my husband agrees.
jensensteve165 over 5 years ago
Not the salad, the dressing…
Bookworm over 5 years ago
Longer, perhaps. Happier?
[Unnamed Reader - 6ef3c4] over 5 years ago
A funny cartoonist when he keeps his politics to himself
bakana over 5 years ago
When I was in college, I used to go to McGuire’s Irish Pub.
They served a Chef’s Salad that began with an entire head of lettuce, piled on the Ham & Cheese until it was embarrassing and was served with a Quart jar of salad dressing and a Ladle.
The only place I’ve ever seen where you Needed a doggie bag for your Salad.
magicwalnut over 5 years ago
My daughter in law’s dad was a doctor, so she never had to GO to the doctor, she was treated at home. She still requires a tow truck to get her to one, even when she has pneumonia. To make matters worse, she is 15 years older than he is, and if married men live longer than married women, chances are he will outlive her. Sigh.
gcottay over 5 years ago
Well, yes, salad. There’s also the extra exercise gained by well behaved husbands.
somebodyshort over 5 years ago
A self portrait of Wiley and the Missus ?
russef over 5 years ago
And then the replies began.
gramps_w over 5 years ago
Married men don’t live any longer….it just SEEMS that way!
gsteele531 over 5 years ago
Which is a conundrum, because most married men are so much more willing to die . . .