Should my friend attend this event?

Her husband has a recruiting job and one of his recruits is getting an award. On the day that the recruit was getting the award, my friend and her husband had to go to counseling to save their marriage. The mother of the recruit wants her husband and his family to show up for an award ceremony tomorrow as consolation and her husband told her that her recruit's family really wants her there and my friend feels conflicted. I told her to just think about her motivation for going and make the decision that way. In my opinion, if you are motivated by what people think of you, or if you feel slighted in any way, you shouldn't go; however, if your motives are PURELY to support your husband, then go....but don't go if that's not what you really want to do because you will resent your husband for it later. Did I give her good advice and should she go even though she doesn't want to? To me, it seems like she is being penalized for attending marriage counseling...because had they not gone to counseling, she wouldn't have had to attend anything......just my thought....any other thoughts?