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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. What if your marriage was on the rocks before and then the spouse gets a chronic illness. [/quote]

You have to separate out the two issues. It's wrong to abandon someone who needs your help. If you have not worked out your issues, and an illness intervenes, you still have to work out those issues, but you may have to deal with the illness first before you can finish working out the issues that threaten your marriage.

In times of stress caused by an illness, it may be very difficult to separate out what's due to the illness, and what's due to the original problems in the marriage.

You need counseling, OP, to help you and your spouse sort these things out. It's too much to try to handle on your own.

But if you are just ready to throw in the towel, and this is the icing on the cake, I'd say it's pretty bad to leave a spouse who has just been diagnosed with a chronic illness. Try to wait until your spouse is stable, then walk out if that is your intention. But it's cruel to use the illness as an excuse to leave, despite other problems with the relationship. [/quote]

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