What It's Like to Fail
So, oddly enough, the thing that bothered me the most about this article was the way his wife left him.  I read stories like this a lot online, where two married people are prospering and living happy lives, and then despite the vow they made for "better or worse", one just gives up on the other person when times get hard.<p>Is it really that easy?<p>I'm currently 23, and if/when I ever get married, regardless of who brings in the income (both of us, just me, or just her), I would support whoever I married even if they lost their job or had some other hardship.  You hear about people getting cancer or some other sickness and their spouse leaving them because they don't want to deal with it.  It boggles my mind that these things occur.<p>If you weren't going to truly commit to the person, why would you get married?  Just live together instead.  Or get married without saying the vows if you just want the government benefits.  I don't understand.<p>It's not just limited to spouses.  It sounds like some of his children could have supported him as well.  If something happened to my father, I would do everything I could to take care of him, regardless of what it cost me.<p>I'm curious of other HNers take on this.  Has anyone been in a situation like this?