Sinis, I'm sorry to hear about your wife's pain...
May I suggest - perhaps you and she could attend some sort of club get-together to make NEW friends? Have the nicest neighbors over? INvite some decent co-workers out for a lunch date?
I think perfect1 nailed it, when he she? wrote:
"Sales people only care about making the sale.
The smile, the questions, the attentiveness are there until you exchange tender. Sign on the dotted line. Dunk yourself in a pool. You name it."