My condolences; I am given to understand that many things taken for granted (shaving, showering) are much more problematic.
Yep. I was married in 1989 and my husband has nearly died four or five times now. In a wheelchair at 1995 and on oxygen 24/7 and unable to work since then. Two bouts of pneumonia and a trach.
You never know what live is going to throw at you. Women need to learn how to be self reliant.
No longer can women just marry a knight on a white steed and expect to be taken care of the rest of their lives.
Besides, what kind of relationship between a man and a woman would that be anyway?