One individual was highly critical of my article and was promoting celibacy, touting the longevity of nuns. Of course, I recommend a monogamous relationship – for many and obvious reasons. On the other hand, there are many reasons that nuns do live longer and celibacy is a minor one. More importantly, one of the best studies on the longevity of priests and nuns concluded that married couples have a 5% lower mortality risk! And that is not even taking into account education among the married ones – we know that nuns are better educated and better education is also associated with greater longevity!

Long live monogamous relations!

-Norm