Poor communication

Communication is the most important thing if you want to stay connected with your spouse. After many years of extensive research, two marriage experts, John and Julie Gottman, discovered that success in a marriage doesn’t rely on the activities and interests you share but on how you communicate with each other.

For instance, if one of the spouses plays gold and the other is brand new to the game, criticism will always turn the newbie away. In fact, it does more than that: criticism draws a very harsh wedge between couples, so you better make sure that your love language and communication skills are never off the table.