No Chocolate on V-Day

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PRINCESS!

My boyfriend says that he doesn’t believe in Valentine’s Day because it’s commercialized and he doesn’t believe that he should have to wait until February 14th to show me how much he cares. This is the second year in a row that he’s pulled this on me, any advice? - Loveless in Baltimore

DEAR LOVELESS

I bet he celebrates Mother’s Day doesn’t he? I say dump the turd and get a new boyfriend. I’m all for love and togetherness, sharing an ice cream sundae and often urge people to pair up and communicate to make it work, all year long, but the truth is that if you have to beg him to buy you flowers and chocolate you can buy it yourself…and you should. Pamper yourself. If he can’t see how important sharing Valentine’s Day with the rest of us is to you, treat yourself to something special. Buy yourself a box of expensive chocolates, some flowers and top it off with a card. Who says that only someone else can buy these things for us? Don’t be disgruntled about it either, enjoy the gifts. Should you choose to keep him around–when his curiosity gets the better of him and he wants to know where the two pound box of chocolates and the delicate pink roses came from you can just smile and say…someone who loved me enough to bother.

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Envying Other People’s Property

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PRINCESS!

What do you do when you are attracted to a man that belongs to someone else? This woman treats him bad and doesn’t seem to take his feelings into account. Whenever I see them together, they look like an odd match. How do I share my feelings with him and let him decide for himself how he wants to proceed? - Got an Attraction

DEAR ATTRACTION

Don’t share a blessed thing! Leave that man alone! He’s not yours. I have one question. Why on earth would you impose yourself on someone else’s relationship? It could be your imagination that makes you think that you’d treat him better or that she treat him bad; if indeed that is the case at all, but the bottom line is that if he was yours or if he was supposed to be–he’d be with you. There is nothing more nauseating that a woman who wants a man at any cost. If this man did leave his girlfriend to be with you, what makes you think that one day you won’t be the one who is left in the dust weeping about losing your man? Use Britney Spears as an example. There are millions of men out there–find one that isn’t taken, fall in love and then pray that no one does to you what you were contemplating doing to the next woman.

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Online advice columnist, Linda “Princess Dominique” Grosvenor has had her expertise on dating and relationships used in articles for publications such as Modern Bride and MORE Magazine and she has assisted producers in acquiring guests for nationally syndicated television shows. If you are a producer, researcher or journalist seeking a relationship expert for your show, magazine article or require assistance with finding a lead please contact Princess Dominique. Please note: All questions and content submitted become the property of Princess Dominique Multimedia. Letters will be edited for clarity and space. All identities remain strictly anonymous.

We Eloped–Family Aint Happy

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PRINCESS!

My family is very upset because my boyfriend and I eloped. We’ve told them that we’d rather spend the money that they would use to pay for the wedding on something substantial like a car or a townhouse but they are for the most part, holding a grudge. How do I express to them that this is a decision that we’ve made together? If they don’t give me the money it’s okay, but we’d really like to have it. - Happy n’ Married

DEAR HAPPY N’ MARRIED

It’s your life! You don’t have to apologize for that, and without being rude I think that you can express that your family. While they may have had visions of a white frilly wedding and candy coated almonds favors, the fact that you opted to skip that “one time event” and save the thousands of dollars that you would have spent on renting a hall and feeding your guests per plate shows that you are thinking ahead. Many weddings fail long before the catering bills are paid off or the wedding photos even come back from the photographer. Eloping doesn’t mean that you love your partner any less. I stay stand up for yourself and your marriage. If you buckle under the pressure for the cash, you’ll be doing it for your entire marriage. If you stick to your guns and they are understanding enough to give you the money anyway, then enjoy your new car, townhouse or whatever the two of you decide to buy with it. But if they don’t, then it’s obvious that the “offer” itself was nothing more than a pawn they were using to manipulate you in the first place.

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No Kids for Me

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PRINCESS!

I’ll get straight to the point. My fiancé wants kids but I do not. It’s not that I don’t like kids but right now I don’t envision diapers and 2 a.m. feedings being part of who I am and don’t know if it ever will be. I want us to enjoy our lives together, vacationing and enjoying the finer things in life. Kids are expensive. How do I convey this to him without hurting his feelings. - No Baby Drama

DEAR BABY DRAMA

While the sparkle of the ring may have blinded you momentarily, as soon as you gather your bearings, telling your fiancé exactly how you feel should be your number one priority. There is no quicker way to destroy a marriage than to go into it with secrets or goals that aren’t quite aligned. Most men pride themselves on having a male child to carry on the family name. Unless you go into the marriage agreeing on this decision your coupling is headed for disaster. While many women find themselves subscribing to the notion that a good man is hard to find, I advise you to come clean even if it means risking losing the man you’ve found. If he bolts then it’s merely freeing you up to find someone who wants to enjoy life just the way you envision it–childless. If he stays then you are both going into the relationship with clear expectations of the marriage itself, which is a good thing. You owe it to your fiancé to give him that option. I’m almost certain he’d do the same for you.

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My Ghetto Fabulous Friend

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PRINCESS!

My girlfriend is so obsessed with music artists that she goes to every concert, spends all of her money going to the places where they hang out hoping for a chance to “get with” one of these guys and end up being on the arm of a star and living in a big house. I used to hang out with her and it was fun for a little while, now it’s getting so out of hand that she doesn’t want to go to work or to school and it’s affecting our friendship. She’s even gone so far as to borrow money from me to buy name brand outfits to wear to get their attention. How do I tell her that I can’t take her behavior anymore? It’s ruining not only our friendship but her reputation. - Shady

SHADY

Speak loudly and clearly, that’s how you tell her. Your friend is delusional and needs to snap out of it. It sounds like she’s been watching too much MTV Cribs or has whet her appetite on the glamorous life by sipping some domestic champagne and dreaming about BLING and is long overdue for a wake up call. Everything has a dark side including the life she’s craving. I’m not certain how old she is but she needs to stay in school, graduate, go to college and find a career for herself. Groupies aren’t even a dime a dozen, they’re a nickel and I can give her a list of things she can “get” if she doesn’t start playing it safe (some of them are incurable). Express to your friend that she can obtain the same things she craves from these men by working hard and buying them for herself. At least once you’ve told her how you feel you can say that you tried. I hope the two of you can work the kinks out of your friendship, because it seems that it will last longer than any of those other relationships she’s contemplating.

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Online advice columnist, Linda “Princess Dominique” Grosvenor has assisted tons of couples with their love woes through her column as well as individuals in her famed one on one sessions. She has been a much sought after relationship expert. Her expertise on dating and relationships issues has been used in articles for publications such as Modern Bride and MORE Magazine and she has assisted producers in acquiring guests for nationally syndicated television shows. If you are a producer, researcher or journalist seeking a relationship expert for your show, magazine article or require assistance with finding a lead please contact me. We also review new love products and gadgets. Please send PR information via the contact form.

All questions and content submitted become the property of Princess Dominique Inc. Letters will be edited for clarity and space. All identities remain strictly anonymous.

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