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used to having tons of makeup and other beauty supplies all over his bedroom and bathroom. He couldn’t get used to tripping over expensive high-heeled shoes, designer handbags, and blow-dryer and curling-iron cords.
    When Joel said something to Renee about the condition of his apartment, her response was, “I’m still getting settled in.”
    He frowned and said, “It’s been almost a year now.”
    Renee was very squeamish about doing housework. Cooking and cleaning were at the bottom of her list of priorities. Renee and Joel ate out every weekend and at least two to three weeknights per week. Joel’s money was going fast with Renee living with him. He was paying most of the bills. In the meantime, Renee’s money was going even faster because of her incessant shopping habits and mandatory monthly spa treatments. She was a broke-ass wannabe who was in love with an upscale or celebrity lifestyle. All she knew was running up to New York to Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue for fashions by Prada, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Manolo Blahnik and Marc Jacobs.
    Joel almost lost his mind when Renee suddenly traded in her reliable little red BMW 325i for a brand new fully loaded white Cadillac Escalade. He thought that getting that expensive oversized SUV was nothing but a power move. Renee loved to pull up next to his black Jeep Cherokee and look down at him. From that point, Joel knew that there wasn’t any way he could possibly marry Renee. Relationships are supposed to be give and take, but from Renee’s end it was all take. She was a parasite and too superficial.
    A stupid little voice in Joel’s head said, Don’t give up on Renee. You can change her.
    Instead of changing Renee, Joel felt himself changing. He never imagined enduring so much drama from any woman. Renee continued to change into a complete phony. She lied to all of her friends about investments she supposedly had and how much money she had been saving up to buy a huge new house in Prince George’s County. Renee wasn’t saving jack. Joel was the only one with investments and he had been saving for a house long before he met Renee.
    Renee began to show personality traits that Joel never knew she possessed. At one time Renee was cute and affectionate, but that side had taken a backseat to her psychotic side. She had turned into a rebellious child—it was her way or no way. She became temperamental, unreasonable and very argumentative.
    Renee used other couples to gauge her relationship with Joel. She would say things like, “Tim and Nicole just bought a new house in Howard County. We need to hurry up and get ours. Jajaun bought Pam a diamond ring, I need one, too. Did you see Kia and Rick’s new Lexus truck? People are starting to notice that your Jeep is getting old. It’s time to trade that in because I can’t be seen in that thing. We’d look real nice in a Mercedes-Benz 500 SL.”
    Joel wasn’t cheap, but more like frugal. He was in his mid-twenties and already saving money for an early retirement. At the rate he was investing and saving money, wealth was definitely in his future. And then there was Renee and all of her friends, the compulsive shoppers. They were broke as hell, but their dumb asses would do just about anything to look rich.
    Before long, Renee was living paycheck to paycheck, acting as if the instant-wealth fairy was going to appear any day and grant her a wish for everything her money-grubbing heart desired.
    Joel admitted to being a fool—a fool in love. He knew that his biggest problem was being stuck on stupid and trying to make things work between him and Renee. He considered Renee a well-educated woman who lacked common sense. To him there was a big difference between a well-educated woman and an intelligent woman. A well-educated woman had been taught—supplied with the knowledge she lacked. On the other hand, an intelligent woman is naturally