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You have to be more specific about "terrible".

Marriage is for life; "till death do us part". A husband has a right to companionship with his wife -- no one can just take that away from him and make him alone. And health permitting, he has a right to "more".

All that is under normal circuмstances.

In extreme situations, such as physical abuse, danger for one's life, a woman can leave her husband for her own safety. That is called a "Separation of Bed and Board". Sometimes, to facilitate this separation, the victim spouse must file for a civil divorce, for practical reasons. But no matter how bad her husband is, no matter how awful the situation is, neither spouse can get married again until the death of one of the spouses. Gotcha!

If she is just good-old miserable, or the marriage has gone sour -- then tough luck. That includes things like "emotional neglect". If he just ignores her, one/both have grown apart, engrossed in some hobby(ies), one spouse is left lonely and sad -- that might be described as a "terrible" situation, but it's not even an excuse for Separation of Bed and Board, much less divorce (which is never permitted). Remember, once you have a valid marriage, you can't even hope for an annulment. Annulment is NOT "Catholic Divorce"!

I'm sorry, but if you marry poorly (or even if you just have bad luck), you have to carry your cross. That's all there is to it. Not everyone has a "right" to earthly happiness, every experience earthly life has to offer, a happy marriage, etc.

You have to be more specific about "terrible".

Marriage is for life; "till death do us part". A husband has a right to companionship with his wife -- no one can just take that away from him and make him alone. And health permitting, he has a right to "more".

All that is under normal circuмstances.

In extreme situations, such as physical abuse, danger for one's life, a woman can leave her husband for her own safety. That is called a "Separation of Bed and Board". Sometimes, to facilitate this separation, the victim spouse must file for a civil divorce, for practical reasons. But no matter how bad her husband is, no matter how awful the situation is, neither spouse can get married again until the death of one of the spouses. Gotcha!

If she is just good-old miserable, or the marriage has gone sour -- then tough luck. That includes things like "emotional neglect". If he just ignores her, one/both have grown apart, engrossed in some hobby(ies), one spouse is left lonely and sad -- that might be described as a "terrible" situation, but it's not even an excuse for Separation of Bed and Board, much less divorce (which is never permitted). Remember, once you have a valid marriage, you can't even hope for an annulment. Annulment is NOT "Catholic Divorce"!

I'm sorry, but if you marry poorly (or even if you just have bad luck), you have to carry your cross. That's all there is to it. Not everyone has a "right" to earthly happiness, every experience earthly life has to offer, a happy marriage, etc.

Very well summarized, Matthew.