One can only wonder how many people took that incredibly absurd line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry" from the film Love Story seriously.  And went so far as to base their intimate relationships on that meaningless bromide.  When in actual fact, love does not excuse one from respecting anyone's inner feelings.

If you love someone you make an especial effort not to cause them emotional strain, hurt feelings.  The unwillingness to cause hurt to anyone should in fact, motivate us in all our interrelationships, whether intimate or with casual acquaintances.  We should exhibit the courtesy of civil manners when dealing even with strangers because anyone can be sensitive to slights, unintended or otherwise.  How can we act differently with those who share our personal lives? 

Simply because you believe you love someone doesn't mean that you can run roughshod over their feelings.  In the belief that love erases all errors of judgement.  That no compensatory phrase seeking forgiveness for transgressing their psychical balance through accusation, insult, argument and anger is due.  There are civil ways of communicating and those civil manners should always be adhered to.

When the emotion of anger overtakes our normal reticence to cause harm to others we should be capable of attempting amelioration by expressing regret.  If you love someone, the soothing effect of an apology, heartfelt and delivered accordingly, is a necessary component to living in harmony with another individual whose point of view may not echo one's own.

Hurt feelings can rankle and resentment can grow on that fertile ground where misunderstanding and emotional misery can lead to actual antipathy and blame.  This is where, over time, and through an inevitable accumulation of such emotional trespasses relationship breakdown can result, whether it is between close friends, family members or marriage partners.

Pride in these circumstances has no place in a healthy relationship of equally-endowed and -respected partners where either one can experience disappointment and resentment, out of a clash of personalities, that could be resolved with the admission and expression of regret. 

Love means realizing when you have harmed the relationship and determining to apply the healing emolument of sincere apology for creating strained feelings and the withdrawal of intimacy.