I know a woman whose husband was a real bastard and was pretty awful to her -- but she stayed married to him, mostly for financial reasons. He ended up having to live in a nursing home and even though he had alot of dementia she continued to visit him once a week.

After he'd been moved into the nursing home, she met and fell in love with another man. Given that her husband rarely recognized her anyway, she began bringing her boyfriend along when she visited her husband.

You reap what you sow.