My husband/coworker is the only employee getting a merit raise this year

My husband (34M) and I (25F) have been together for 3 years and we work at the same small healthcare company (nonprofit) in different departments. We work very well together! Our company has had some administration changes in the last year, namely a new Big Boss and new Supervisor. Under the last administration, we had annual performance evaluations around this time of year with a subsequent merit raise. Now, Big Boss and Supervisor have discontinued merit increases until they have created a metric to base it on, as they said, "There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the previous administration's raises, it seemed to be based on favoritism." They wanted to bring more fairness to the process. This year all employees get a 3% COLA increase across the board and the merit issue would be revisited next year. Sounds good.
Today, my husband told me that he had a conversation with Supervisor who told him she is working on getting him a merit raise due to his hard work lately. She also stated that he is her favorite. For context, I really like Supervisor, I have always thought she was straightforward, fair, and supportive. But what the hell?! As his wife, I'm proud of him and agree that he deserves a raise, not to mention I would like some extra cash flow into our household. But as his coworker, what the hell?! The whole point of pausing merit increases was to change the workplace culture from favoritism to fairness. It feels ****ty, not only from a fairness perspective but also personally I feel like I've worked hard this year too. Obviously, neither of us planned to tell any other coworkers to avoid any drama or tension, but he had to tell me because, well, I'm his wife.
Any advice on how to look at this differently or what to do? Maybe there is nothing to do but accept it? It feels ****ty.
TL;DR: My husband and I work together, and our supervisor plans to give him a merit increase despite a company-wide statement that no one will be receiving merit increases this year.


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