Ignorance is the lack of knowledge, Ignorance is the catalyst for separation.  If you don't take the time to get to know you spouse, then you are only setting your relationship for problems and possibly failure. 

How does pride destroy relationships?  Pride in marriage refuses to bend, refuses to give grace, refuses to see value in what the other person knows and can teach.

Where there is no vision people perish. 

To pursue growth in your marriage without tools is one of the most frustrating things in a marriage.  To Strip yourself naked to one who is not equipped is a dangerous route to take.  Couples could do themselves a great service by equipping themselves for what their other half will reveal to them. 

Every love scene in a movie eventually falls into place with the perfect timing, perfect words, expressions.  It is just flawless and easy. 

But in reality achieving, true intimacy and love is not that easy, it is just about hard work.  The real truth is we need to develop a thick skin, and patience to achieve true intimacy, in spite of the realities in out life 

Many marriages exist in a sour atmosphere, not because one of them has failed but both have failed.  The question is who sets the agenda and mood in your home?