Pride in relationships

        In relationships we all fight and make up then fight some more, make up again and the cycle continues like that.  But what happens when pride comes into play? It's either a battle for who is going to apologize first or a debate of who caused the problem and who didn't. You see two people that could have dealt with a little issue bearing grudges for  a week and more because of the pride. Sometimes the pride isn't even triggered by certain fights and events in relationships. There are people who just naturally have the armor of pride around them all the time.
   

     Pride is very dangerous in relationships, it could take a perfectly happy couple and turn them against each other and they both get so tied up in its tentacles that when they realize they damage it has caused they both are already too tangled to cut loose and might risk losing something beautiful. For a couple to peacefully co exist they have to be able to let go of the pride. Most times people think of what would happen if they appear too plane and let down their guard and pride in a relationship. If their partner wouldn't take advantage of their free spirit and use it against them.

It is very understandable when a particular person is the only one with his/her guard down and is always the person trying to right the wrongs in a relationship. It isn't easy for one person to carry the whole load of a relationship alone. So it is understandable when that person get tired and eventually decides to give up. The only problem here is when the person didn't put in enough effort to show the other party how hard it is to carry on doing all the fixing alone.

The best thing in a relationship is for the two parties to be open to each other. You have to learn to let go of that pride and realize that it isn't helping. You would only end up miserable in the relationship or end up in a separation. You miss out of experiencing each other fully and knowing each other well when you put up that pride. Let go of the pride and you would find more happiness.

I know most people argue that without pride, there would be no respect. I have that with pride, the disrespect you get isn't the type you can control. Also sometimes we are too concsious of how free we are with our partner that even when there is disrespect that isn't necessarily because of our openness, we tend to attribute the disrespect to that.

Learn to open up, let go of the pride. Your relationship is suffering for this. If a man or woman decides to let go of pride and be with you, then make sure to respect it, if not you might cause the person to have a change of mind and you may never get another opportunity again.

So answer the question on the pic above on the comment section. Which do you prefer?