This will conclude from Maryanne Comaroto’s Friday guest post about letting go. I just finished six years of watching Lost last night with my wife and I thought how ironic given Maryanne’s post!

While you’re at it, why not let go of your hopes, dreams, and fears, as well? That you’ll be a huge success someday. That you’ll never be more than mediocre. That you’ll die alone. That true love will fix everything. That you’ll be happy when you lose the weight. That revealing your true feelings will turn people off. That you can do or be anything if you just apply yourself diligently enough. That the people with the money control everything. That you’ll meet the right person if you just rewrite your online dating profile to make yourself sound more interesting. Let it all go.

And your semantics, let go of those, too. That home is a certain place, or a certain set of people. That you have a favorite book, a favorite song, a favorite color. That you don’t like seafood, that you prefer cold weather. That you enjoy road trips, but hate flying. That there’s a certain type of person you’re attracted to, and a certain type you’d never date. That anything ever changes. That anything ever stays the same. Let all those ideas go.

That people are generally good, that people are inherently dishonest, that people from with certain nationalities or religious beliefs can’t be trusted. Let all those thoughts and opinions go. That global warming will kill us all soon anyway, that the hole in the ozone layer is closing, that life is not fair, that these are the best times and we’d better take advantage of them before.

Let me know how you plan on letting go of Lost or whatever!

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Maryanne Comaroto asks some fundamentally human questions around doing what would seem impossible: letting go. Of course, it’s not actually impossible, it just seems like it!

If you’ve had challenges around this,  let me know what happened.

Attachment is a funny thing. We are attached to everything – our opinions, our identities, our beliefs about how things are, our beliefs about how things should be, our beliefs about who we are. We define ourselves by these attachments, and yet… what if you simply decided to let go?

What if you let go of your anger at the injustice in the world, and of your frustration that the next-door neighbors seem to work less and have more than you? What if you simply let go of your running tally of who has been good to you, who was never good enough, and who still owes you?

You could expand this idea, and start letting go of your thoughts about politicians, about celebrities, or about your co-workers. About your boss, and how you could do a much better job of running the company. About all the things you’re proud of having done, and all the things you regret. All your perceived accomplishments; all your perceived failures. Just let it all go.

What would it be like if you suddenly stopped hanging on to all your notions about how you come across to others? That you’re the kind of person who seems intelligent, who doesn’t eat meat, who is generous, who is shy, who enjoys live theater, who can’t hold down a steady job, who influences others, who is easy to get along with. That you’re the predator, the prey, the wallflower, the social butterfly. That you try your hardest but just can’t get a break. That you make it all look effortless. All those things you make sure people see in you – just let them all go.

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Evan Marc Katz answers one of the biggest questions I get: Why do guys always leave women after they finally have sex?

Evan answers this perplexing question with an ounce of prevention. He says you should get a commitment from a guy before you have sex.

What “commitment” entails is up to you, but there’ no doubt you should get one before you get dumped!

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I suppose the lesson from all this is that married men and women should only talk sex with their spouse.

What do you think the take home message is?

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I’ll let the video and the new anchor do the talking.

Enjoy!

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Rachel Uchitel is apparently trying to break the land speed record for affairs with married men.

What you need to know:

• Men will cheat more while their lovers are pregnant
• Certain women will exploit this as much as they can

This is to say that Rachel Uchitel, David Boreanz and Tiger Woods are not statistical outliers. There behavior while repugnant, is not abnormal.

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The question posed in this video is an age old problem for older women looking for dating prospects. My take on it is that you can fib about your age if you look the age that you are claiming to be. Men are visual creatures and the online dating just serves to re-enforce it.

Get on honest opinion from a friend or physician about how you look and how you come across to see if you really are young looking and acting for your age.

Let me know how you or your friends or family handle situations like this. Is it OK to lie about your age?

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Any moron can get into trouble. I say it’s the getting out that makes you smart and Prenups make men and women much, much smarter.

Not sure about all the hype around prenups. It’s a simple agreement between two consenting adults just like a marriage agreement. The prenup just adds clarity to the marriage agreement.

For those of you who feel it’s disgusting to bring money into the relationship, I beg you to take a closer look at what marriage entitles your spouse to. Marriage simply stated entitles your spouse to half your fortune!

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I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Keep in mind while watching this that while pick up artists may offend your sensibilities, guys across the country are using the very same techniques to get women to sleep with them.

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Apparently sad but true: Ryan Seacrest has caused Heidi Montag to seek breast enlargement. Watch this video to find out the sordid truth.

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