single life

I was really kind of shocked that single ment's health was so much lower than single women's. I would think that, not college students of course, men that were a little older could've found a way to take care of themselves better. Now I know my cousin in actually almost 30 but I know for a fact that he is very responsible takes care of himself and all the inbetween. Now my aunt has been divorced for a little over 10 year and here in the past 5 years we saw dramatic changes in her health (mentally and physically) an her well being. My grand parents decided to move into assisted living awhile ago and it has been very good for them. My aunt being the youngest of their children had the hardest time with this and she was still having quite the hard time dealing with her divorce. She went through spans of depression and anger and just disowning out whole family in general. I know how hard it was on my mom, but i see how no matter how it effect my mother she had people (my family and dad's family) that would help her through that time. I guess I just didn't realize how much someone relies on their significat others and other family until they are alone and faced with a challenge.