No big secrets here with helping someone else...it makes us all feel good, but now there's even a potential medical reason to get married...your blood pressure...used to be it was just as easy to be single, but what is missing today is the need to vocally communicate...being single and alone can have it's limitations...thus frustration sets in and up goes the blood pressure...basically the 2 articles are probably telling us what we already know...good reminder though as with today's busy pace we seem to forget some of this along the way.....BD
You may not be able to buy happiness, but the way you spend your money can make you happier, researchers say. 
According to a new set of studies, people who spend money on others, either by donating to a charity or buying gifts, are markedly happier than those who do not."We wanted to know whether we could find the overall relationship between how people spend money and how happy they were," Dunn said. "We found people who reported spending more on others reported greater happiness.Dunn, who wasn't surprised by the studies' outcomes, said that she believes that her hypothesis could extend beyond just giving money to others, but giving time to others as well.
ABC News: Want to Be Happy? Spend Money on Others
A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests. Study volunteers wore devices that recorded their blood pressure at random times over 24 hours. Married participants also filled out questionnaires about their marriage.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseCenter/wireStory?id=4487359
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