Before I start this talk; I want to remind all singles of how important it is for to be proud of the man/woman you marry.

Two kids were playing with their toys. While one had petty toys, the other had sophisticated ones. The rich kid laughed hard at how worn out the poor boy's toys were, boasting that he could give him one of his if only he'd clean the pair of shoe he was putting on. Just when he had said it, his elder brother came demanding for all the toys he had bequeathed to him, complaining that their mother was yet to get him a new set. The poor boy, thinking of how willing he had been to turn a cobbler over a toy burst into a loud laughter. He was an only child of his parents, the petty toys had been his only toys since he was small. He didn't have beautiful toys but at least they were his.

For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
If we understand that we received whatever we have, we will also know that another can also receive theirs and may even receive greater than we have at our present state.

A relationship/marriage is between two people of different talents and destinies, brought together to help each other achieve their purpose in life. A lawyer could marry a trader, a teacher could marry a doctor. If truly what has brought these two together, none should look as the other as being inadequate compared to himself, none should be boastful of his acquisitions. It's a world of unequal opportunities and unequal results. Many are where they are today, not because they are not ambitious but because of their background. Many are where they are, not because they have not made efforts but because of some life challenges, it is unfair you go on reminding these hardworking men and women of their failures.
Boasting about your achievements to your loved one will do either of these two things:

1.) Destroy their self worth: For those without ego, they begin to look down on themselves and what they have. This is not just going to destroy their love for themselves but they will begin to doubt your love for them as well. They begin to have a kind of respect for you built out of fear rather than love. They treat you well not out of love but because they do not want you to insult them. This can land them into a form of dangerous slavery and you'll loose their thoughts'.

2.) Breed contempt: For the man or woman that feeds on ego, boasting is an intolerable sin. This is the point where some men demand that their wive stops working, the point where some women refuse taking anything from their husband; all in a bid to protect that which they cherish the most, their pride. Imagine this woman stops working to preserve her marriage, imagine the husband dies two weeks later, imagine how this family will be wrecked.

On a final note, If you are a parent, please do not let your children know who earns more in the home or encourage them to look down on your spouse for earning less than you do, love is not boastful.