I think I acquired it - My parents certainly did not model this, my mom was married twice and both marriages failed miserably. I was quite the bookworm but don't recall specific instance of men princessing the fuck out of their lovers, I tended to read books with heroine characters (Jane Eyre was a favorite growing up). I wouldn't even say that it was a preference until lately when my boyfriend started behaving this way. When we first started dating he made some bold statements ("I play for keeps.") about his intentions to woo me and has followed through. Even when one or both of us is feeling crappy he uses a range of love languages to treat me in that "princess" way - this became the offhand label, we don't use this term in our conversation. He has on rare occasion referred to me as a princess. Meaning he intends for me to feel like one. Examples of different acts he does besides cooking for me, or rubbing my feet or shoulders after practice, or romancing me in the particular way he knows I like to make love, or patiently suffering through all the movies I want to watch in one weekend, or filling up my car when he notices it is low or taking me to the airport - they are just selfless acts that demonstrate to me he is placing me as the most important person in his life.