I am guilty of a few of these myself, with the notable exception of financial stingyness (if anything, I am overly generous to her which could be a bad trait as

I am guilty of a few of these myself, with the notable exception of financial stingyness (if anything, I am overly generous to her which could be a bad trait as far as my quality of life is concerned) and failing to look my best (I'm not the most attractive guy in the world, dressing in nice clothes and doing my hair makes me feel good about me.) To add to this, I think the only way to not ruin a relationship is to listen to the person, often and with honest intentions. People tend to be saying something straight to your face which you have a habit of missing, I know this is my experience, but I've found that since I stopped talking at her and starting talking with her our relationship has improved in leaps and bounds. Though I suppose like almost anything, you improve with iteration, I hope you take your mistakes and what you have learned and better apply them in your next relationship, thanks for sharing this with us, it made me realise some of my own flaws. ~ Comment: Wow, this flew up to the first page, looks like these flaws must be pretty common, or general enough to seem common, anyway.