'In sickness and in health, 'till death do us part..'

Today, I got a mobile call from a girlfriend who is right now recuperating from recent operation of both breast operation. Last April, she was diagonized of breast-cancer and so she had the first operation, had nine sessions of chemo-theraphy then weeks before Christmas of last year something happened in the other side of the breast which the physicians decided to remove both breast., My girlfriend is few years younger than me, and she got two daughters. She told me today, she have been married for the past 20 years...but she never feel the concern and care of her partner. In a way, I pity her relating her sadness with her situation. She told me, I am still lucky in a way, that I know that I am alone in my life right now, rather than you know you have a husband who do not care for you how you feel each day when you wake up. Absolutely I was so speechless listening to her somehow I pity her and in the other half, I am thankful that my health condition is much better than her, I still have both breast and the stage of the tumor was early. At this moment, I am very thankful to God, as
in Desiderata says, 'If you compare yourself to others, you may be vain and bitter, for there is always greater or lesser than yourself.'This is absolutely true.

Come to think of it, my girlfriend have a good realty-business in the Philippines
and same here in Germany, but money is not all. Money can not buy your health.
So, I just advised her to continue reading the book I lend her and have faith.
One day, there will always be a brighter tomorrow. Just giving my friend the courage
and fighting-spirit to go on and live happily inspite of what is going on.

My personal opinion, why men forget the lines when they get married, 'In sickness and in health, till death do us part'... is it difficult to understand? Or because
the longer the togetherness the love and caring for each other vanish.
Honestly, I pity my friend, I know how it was to undergo several operations and those terrible theraphy those were not just flu and colds...this is the time we really need someone who we can lean on and care for us and giving me a helping hand.
This is the handsome groom plays the special role of being married to a sick wife.
As often as I hear several similar stories, I really don't know if it is worth to marry the second time around, perhaps I just stay the way I am now.