What impression do you get of the relationship between Walter and Ruth throughout the play in A Raisin in the Sun?

It is important to realise the grim realities of poverty
that Walter and Ruth and the rest of the Younger family live under every single day of
their lives. It is clear that living in a cockroach infested apartment with mice running
around is no fun, as is working as a chauffeur to people richer than yourself or doing
cleaning jobs to make ends meet. Walter in particular has big dreams of achieving
financial success through his own efforts by opening a liquor store, yet these dreams
and the reality of their lives create massive conflict in their marriage, that as Mama
recognises, threaten to "drive away" Ruth. Note how they argue in Act One, when Walter
asks Ruth to ask Mama for the money needed to start his
business:

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Honey, you never say nothing new. I listen to
you every day, every night and every morning, and you never say nothing new.
(Shrugging) So you would rather be Mr. Arnold
than be his chauffeur. So--I would rather be living in Buckingham
Palace.

However, in spite of
appearances, it is clear that they do genuinely love each other, and fortunately, at the
end of the story, Walter's decision to stand up to Lindner and refuse his cash offer
shows that the family is working together now to face their problems head on rather than
trying to tear itself apart by trying to fight their own individual
corners.