Norman Scott/startraksphoto.comIt's official: Patti Stanger is a single lady.
The Millionaire Matchmaker took to her blog on Wednesday morning to reveal that she and David Krause have split after about three years of dating.
"Before you hear it from anyone else, I wanted to let you know myself — David and I broke up," the reality star wrote. "It's unfortunate for a million and one reasons and obviously hard and sad for both of us."
She continued, admitted the "relationship and break up had to happen" in order for her to learn some important lessons in love, which she also opted to share on her blog with her loyal fanbase.
First, Stanger encourages fans to "find someone who speaks your love language," calling the book The Five Love Languages a "game changer" for her approach to relationships.
"I discovered that my love languages are gifts and touch. And I'm never going to be able to fall in love and be happy with a partner who doesn't fulfill those needs," she explained. "David's love languages were time and words of affection. And he was great at speaking those love languages...I learned that I need to find someone who can speak my love language if I want to truly fall in love."
Next, Stanger insists "opposites might attract but they don't last"—and she has a good reason why.
"David was opposite to me in so many ways and at first, that's what really attracted me to him...Don't get me wrong, of course we had shared interests like working out, photography and movies. At our centers, though, we were completely different people," she admitted. "Different can feel sexy and dangerous and compelling, but at the end of the day, you need to build a life with someone who has the same vision for their life as you do. David and I just didn't share that."
As for her additional love lessons?
Patti encourages partners to "share your spirituality" and says it's important to "do you first, always." She even adds that "you always do date your father."
"I honestly never thought the aphorism about dating your father was true because, well, because it's kind of gross," shd admits. "But, David was so much like my father that I can't believe I didn't see it coming from miles away. And unfortunately for me, my father isn't the type of person I want to date...Figure out what your daddy issues are and be on the look out for what's a daddy red flag."
Head to Patti's blog for more of her love lessons!