For one thing, those who retain a healthy measure of satisfaction and contentment in their marriage view the illness as an assault not only on the ailing spouse but on the two of them as a couple.
ان الزوجين اللذين يحافظان على مقدار لا بأس به من السعادة والاكتفاء يعتبران المرض هجوما عليهما معا ،‏ لا على المريض وحده .‏