Millionaire Matchmaker v The Sloane Arranger: Dating divas hit out in an ...

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As romantic matchmakers, they both have impressive reputations for bringing people together.

But two very different TV dating gurus – one an elegant English rose, the other a tough-talking New Jersey gal – have found themselves oceans apart after they became embroiled in an explosive public row over the etiquette of courtship.

The spat started when American Patti Stanger offered her uncompromising view on how long a woman should wait for a proposal, telling them to dump any boyfriend who was slow to commit.

'You need not let them get past a year dating you without the ring,' she told her 500,000 followers on Twitter.

But Windsor-born Lara Asprey, who is known as the Sloane Arranger, saw things differently.

'I think you are completely wrong,' she shot back. 'I mean, expecting every man to propose within one year might be a little ambitious –also not everyone wants to get married these days. I can't help but wonder if you really know men like you claim you do.'

To 36-year-old Lara, the game of love is nuanced, and she added: 'Women can't prepare for something that's totally out of their control.'

Patti, based in Beverly Hills, tweeted back: 'Bull****! Women set the tone in the relationship so if they don't spell out their needs and desires from the beginning they get walked over.'      

And she ranted about men who are slow to propose: 'Yeah, let's waste years on these guys. If you go with the flow you go nowhere. One year, that's all and then they will take advantage of you, so men are like dogs that need to be trained.'

A shocked Lara replied: 'Are you really comparing men to dogs? What happened to finding a team partner? You say men will take advantage of women but aren't women just as bad if they are trying to 'train' their men?

'I just feel that's such an old-fashioned and outdated view. Men don't want to feel manipulated or pressured into

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