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// Potion Problems 
// Story: Dear Princess Cadence 
// by Featherpen Lullaby 
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	Dear Princess Cadence, I have a crush on a stallion but we have a nasty history together.
This stallion and I had an unfortunate experience with a love potion about a year ago; it was a harmless little thing three of my students made but we ended up completely infatuated with each other under its influence.
Now I realize that I am really truly in love with him. He’s everything a mare could want in a stallion; he’s kind and caring but also strong and steady. He doesn’t talk a lot but he expresses himself through singing instead, he’s part of an a cappella quintet and he has such a wonderful singing voice! He’d make a perfect night in shining armor, gallantly rescuing me from the clutches of evil... No that I think about that a lot.
I’m not the shy type, under any other circumstances I would happily march right up and tell him how I feel but there are certain circumstances surrounding us that are a problem.
I’m afraid that after the love potion disaster no pony will be able to take our relationship seriously. When they see us together all they’ll think of is how we acted under it’s influence and it’ll just be a town joke. 
Sometimes I wonder if my feelings are real or if they’re leftover from when we were cured, what if I don’t actually feel this way? I can’t even trust myself anymore.
Sincerely, Potion Problems

Dear Potion Problems, You poor thing! Love potions are nasty, I spend a lot if my time trying to clear up the messes they make.
To start he sounds absolutely dreamy, you’re lucky I’m married or I might’ve tried my hoof with him. If he’s all that then you need to act fast before some other mare snaps him up, winning a stallion is always easier if you don’t have competition.
I think that you should have more faith in yourself and how you feel, if you think you’re in love than the chances of that being the case are pretty good. With the exception of extremely powerful and complicated ones, love potions don’t leave lasting effects once they’ve been treated, a fact for which I am infinitely glad.
If every pony thinks the two of you being in a relationship is a joke then they should really know better. In a town like Ponyville the love potion fiasco has probably faded from memory by now, obscured by all the other events that have occurred since. If you two really are in love then what others think shouldn’t bother you, if it does you may want to rethink your relationship. 
Hold your head up high and go and get him!
Love, Princess Cadence
P.S, If the towns ponies are being really mean and it’s bothering you then let me know and I’ll come an tell them off.

Dear Princess Cadence, Thank You!
I just wanted to write back to express my gratitude for the advise you gave me, I walked right over to the farm and told him how I felt. 
He’s picking me up at six for our date!
Sincerely, Cured Customer (Previously known as Potion Problems)