picking the right partner is the single most important decision of your life

i remember reading a study of how married men score much higher on the happiness index than their unmarried peers

can’t find it anymore, but here is another article on it:
https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-is-happiest-married-mothers-and-fathers-per-the-latest-general-social-survey

now then, what would be interesting is if happiness correlates or causes higher wages for men due to higher life satisfaction and motivations