What a way to go out! That is what the Massive part of MMORPGs is about. It's so much more social than the old school offline RPGs. Good luck in RL and in marriage (coming from a recent newlywed myself)

Did he delete the accounts? Or just deactivate them? If I ever left, I might liquidate assets and give away some gold, but I wouldn't delete them, I would just put them away for later, because you never know what the future may hold, and there might be another expansion or something, or RL might take a twist. I like having options open (probably why im an altaholic) In any case, I'm he thought about it before doing it, and made the right decision for him.