"If her husband did in fact leave her after 40 years of marriage for a younger women, I hope the guy croaks from the guilt and his new 'wife' screws him out of every last cent. It would be karmic justice, IMO. "
The new wife will be living with a quickly aging man. It won't be long and she will be dealing with his health problems and will be responsible for taking care of him when he finds it difficult to care for himself.
Because this woman has less emotional investment in this it is highly likely she will be the type to place him in a nursing home while she enjoys the fruits of his lifelong labor.
This guy better pray he enjoys good health for a long time.
Oh my gosh - I saw a woman about 50 with an old, old hunched over man come into the resturant. I thought it was his daughter taking her old dad to dinner and marveled at her patience as it took him forever to shuffle to the table next to us with his walker. Easedropping...I realized it was his wife; not his daughter. I said to myself, she must be a trophy sitting with her booby prize. LOL