A sample of 200 aged individuals (100 married consisting 50 men and 50 women and 50 widows and 50 widowers) was selected. The variables selected for the study were anxiety and happiness. Data analysis of group wise differences reveals that lesser anxiety on the part of married elderlies pinpoints the fact their basic happiness in conjugal life seems to act as a buffer to erase the ill effects of the obvious anxieties in life and mundane hassle patterns. Positive perspective in the emotionally involved life context helps them to have a feeling of bliss in the emotional context of conjugal life which may be one of the contributory factors for having greater happiness of married group in comparison to their widow/widower counterparts. On the other pole, widows/widowers tend to be apprehensive in meeting any additional problems in life. In fact, their negative attitude becomes the main source of anxiety. Usually, after death, the survivors alone have to carve out an entirely new life structure and receive avoidance from the closer ones when it is mostly needed and as a result they fail to smell the fragrance of happiness in the context of general life. Pattern of gender differences indicates that female elderlies have greater anxiety and lesser happiness in comparison to male subsample. Probable reason may be that due to possession of certain traits like pride, contentment, hope males become able to erase the unsuccessful past episodes of their lives and suffer from less anxiety. On the other hand lack of satisfaction, hopelessness, lack of social support also lead to lesser positive affect in females and decorated their lives with daily hassles and anxieties
