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ASK DR. DISH: Royal advice

By Catherine Toth Fox • April 5, 2011 • Musings, The Daily Dish

Question: I am totally obsessed with the Royal Wedding!!! I am so glad you asked yesterday (in Monday’s blog)!!! I have a question for everyone else who is just as obsessed as me — or not: What is your marriage advice for Prince William and Kate Middleton? I say sign don’t sign the prenup!!!

Answer: Thanks for the question! I love your enthusiasm!

I don’t think Kate will have much of a choice about signing the prenup before the April 29 nuptials. Britain’s royal family doesn’t have the best marriage record; three of Queen Elizabeth II’s four children have been divorced.

But that’s not really the point of today’s blog!

It’s hard for me to dispense marriage advice since I’ve never been married. And I hate to sound cliche — communicate, be honest and open, schedule date nights — but I don’t know anything else.

For me, being in a relationship takes work. I mean, a lot of it should come easily. You should want to spend time together, you should truly enjoy the other person’s company, and it shouldn’t be a burden to help each other. But everything else — carving out quality time, being patient, learning that what’s important to him is important even if it’s not important to you — takes effort. But if you love each other, you’ll want to do it — it’s not a problem.

Anyone got some advice for the royal couple? Hey, they might be Dr. Dish fans! You never know!

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Here’s more advice: “The Best Marriage Advice I Ever Got” in Redbook.

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Got a question? Email me at [email protected].

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6 Comments

  • Reply turkfontaine April 5, 2011 at 1:02 am

    William, get a toupe. Kate, learn to do all that kinky stuff brits are famous for. check with cousin Tony if you have questions.

  • Reply edmorita April 5, 2011 at 3:38 am

    Elope!!!!

  • Reply edmorita April 5, 2011 at 3:38 am

    Elope!!!

  • Reply CodyZamboni April 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    Marriage advice ??? 1) hold off on the wedding. Still to early to tell if this will last, put if off for 5 years. If feelings haven’t changed in 5 years , go for it. 2 ) William tell your wife don’t cut her hair. So pretty with long hair, not sure if her looks hold up with shorn locks. 3) William, dude, you’re gonna be the King of England !!! You can have any woman you want !!! Consider what you are giving up, it’s not too late.

  • Reply MaxMaxMax April 6, 2011 at 1:46 am

    Take Ed’s advice first: ELOPE!

    Then be the most boring couple in British royal history… Creating very little press and fanfare equals a healthy love-life. Seriously, find a cave somewhere and live the rest of your lives in bliss.

  • Reply NeilYamamoto April 7, 2011 at 12:01 am

    While all the advice given has been good, allow a single guy (me) to toss in his two cents…

    To His Majesty Prince William of Wales… remember… that’s the best piece of advice anyone ever gave me about a relationship… remember the way you felt when you first knew she was the “one” and in your attempt to recapture that, you’ll make new memories to remember together… so always “remember”

    To the soon to be Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales” your life will drastically change in a few short weeks… remember to stay grounded… remember that, first and foremost you love each other… everything else is secondary to the love that you have… you may be a princess in title now, but before that you were and are William’s princess first…

    Ok, enough mushy stuff…

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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