I don't think it's necessarily pride. I think it's all their confusion. The way he is contradicting himself in the way he acts. My W does it all the time. She's home but says we're separated, gets mad for no reason at all, although I believe she's going through a tough MLC.
How the hell did we end up with people like this is beyond me!
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.