When pride is present, intimacy is absent. A couple can be full of pride or they can have a healthy marriage, but they cannot have both. A wise couple will recognize the agony of pride and will do everything in their power to eradicate from themselves and their relationship

Everything is personal.Fault-findingRefusal to be influenced by their spouseIgnorance of the need of othersAddiction to attentionRefusal to submit to authorityInability to see opposing viewpointsNever asking for help, always expecting serviceAbsence of sacrifice and submissionRefusal to say “I’m sorry.”