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On the day they sign the contract, yes. After a few years 24 hours, A and B will have different notions of how that contract should be upheld. In most cases, one party will be supported and one blunted.
"You're not the B I married!" "Well you signed a contract with this B, so tough titties! Where's my bourbon?"
But the reason it's not simply a matter of what's best for A and B is because someone else is the arbiter. Once A and B sign a contract, they are applying the force of law, which in a representative government, is all of us.
Cruelty is grounds for terminating the contract right now, which seems right. And unusual, for a contract. If you buy a car on payments and the bank calls you names, hates on you, tries to provoke fights, and damages your self-esteem, you're still on the hook for the payments.
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