Eighinger: Stevie Love is back in town — the loveline for the lovelorn is once again open for business

It’s that time again, to reopen the loveline for the lovelorn.

Stevie Love, the real-life Doctor of Love and potentate of passion is here to help. As always, real answers for real issues.Let’s get right to today’s mailbag:

Dear Stevie Love,
I’m always amazed at how you can cut right to the heart of the matter, especially on subjects that deal with just that — affairs of the heart. My longing is for a man to share my dreams and my hopes in the same fashion I do, but I am concerned. I have been with Big Dave now for several years now, and he absolutely loves hunting and fishing, pro wrestling and NASCAR. On the other hand, I enjoy a night at the Quincy Community Theater, a walk through South Park on a brisk Saturday morning and a quiet evening watching a romantic comedy on the Hallmark Network.Stevie, is there any hope for Big Dave and I to develop as a couple?

Hoping for the best, Chloe in Quincy

Dear Chloe, Probably not.

Dr. Love: Eric and I will soon be celebrating our seventh anniversary as a couple and I thought it would be nice to make reservations at a nice restaurant and go see a movie afterward. When I told Eric about my idea he said he appreciated the idea, but emphasized there was a “big game” on TV that night and he was planning to have some friends over and order pizza and wings. I was very disappointed with Eric and cried myself to sleep. Should I have been that upset?

Drying my tears, Heidi in Hannibal

Dear Heidi, I completely understand your feelings, but you need to ask yourself — and Eric, too — is the game in question a playoff game or just a regular-season game? If it’s not a playoff game, you have every right to be mad, and let Eric know your feelings. If it’s a playoff game. I have to side with Eric. The playoffs are important, Heidi.

Dear Stevie,
I have been a faithful reader of yours for more than a decade, and never thought I would need to bother you. But I’m at my wit’s end with my husband, Cubby. He had been dropping some hints about some big plans he had for us concerning our 15th wedding anniversary. I was so-o-o-o excited  … and then he told me had had got us tickets for some big monster truck show somewhere in Missouri. Instead of a nice romantic evening, we’re going to spend the night with Grave Digger, Predator and El Toro Loco. Am I wrong for having hoped for a nice quiet night with Cubby, maybe some romantic music and walk under the stars?

Feeling frustrated, Phoebe in Palmyra

Dear Phoebe, Maybe you and the Cubster can reach a compromise. Go to the monster truck show for him, and maybe on the way back have him stop at the Walmart in Hannibal — that’s a beautiful Walmart, by the way — and you two could pick out a nice, romantic CD to play on the way back to Palmyra. I would suggest anything by George Strait to get Cubby’s mind off Grave Digger.

Mr. Love, I feel my husband, Joel, is taking advantage of me. I don’t think he is doing it on purpose or to be hurtful, but it’s disappointing. After I spend all day cleaning the house, I fix him a nice meal each evening for supper and then do the dishes. We like to watch Lester Holt and the NBC News, then enjoy a couple of our favorite programs together. We especially like the old “I Love Lucy” and “Knight Rider” reruns, and almost like clockwork about halfway through “Knight Rider” I can count on Joel asking me to go get him a snack in the kitchen. He especially enjoys those extra-large bags of Lay’s barbecue chips. It’s to the point I feel more like his slave than a wife.

Not sure what do, Uma in Ursa

Dear Uma, I think the best way to fix this problem is the next time Joel asks you to go the kitchen and get him a snack, simply grab something for yourself, too! That way everyone is happy and you can continue to enjoy those “Knight Rider” reruns with the legendary David Haselhoff. And remember, never hassle the ‘Hoff!!

Until next time, this is the emperor of embrace advising you to always take two and hit to right …