by Zoë Pollock I'll defer to (the very svelte) Patrick on whether newlyweds gain weight after marriage, but Amanda Hess raises some interesting concerns about post-marriage disparities: Married men make more money and get more promotions than single guys. They live longer, have less heart disease, drink less, smoke less weed, and experience less stress. Meanwhile, married women have less fulfilling sex lives and less free time than their husbands. They also have smaller paychecks. (They do get to keep smoking the same amount of weed). These factors help explain why women are less into marriage than men are. And they may also contribute to the gendered risk of gaining weight after getting hitched.]]>