I feel like Mrs.Mallard may have disliked her husband because of the the circumstances of their marriage. It is possible that she did not marry him out of love but rather her family and society's expectations of her. I believe she grew to see him as an oppressive person in er life because of these expectations. She may have cared for him on some level. However, her reaction to his supposed death and quick relief due to the fact seems to show that she did not hold strong romantic feelings for him. While some might say this relief may indicate an abusive relationship, it was clear that he did not mistreat her from how he is described as having "tender hands folded in death" and "the face that had never looked save with love upon her". The way