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童话故事里，公主的结局总是遇到白马王子，从此永远幸福快乐。似乎找到如意郎君就会改变单身的“悲惨生活”。 但是，权威专家指出，事实正好相反。幸福快乐的是单身女性，结婚后才是过上了悲惨生活，不但更不健康、更不快乐，死得也更早。 We may have suspected it already, but now the science backs it up: unmarried and childless women are the happiest subgroup in the population. And they are more likely to live longer than their married and child-rearing peers, according to a leading expert in happiness. 可能早已有人开始怀疑，但如今有了科学依据：未婚和没有孩子的女性是最幸福的人群。而且，据幸福研究权威专家称，这部分女性比那些已婚有孩子的女性更长寿。 Speaking at the Hay festival, Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics, said the latest evidence showed that the traditional markers used to measure success did not correlate with happiness – particularly marriage and raising children. 伦敦经济学院行为科学教授保罗·多兰在海伊文化艺术节上说，最新的证据显示，用于衡量成功的传统标志——尤其是婚姻和养小孩——和幸福无关。 "Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: f**king miserable,” he said. | 
