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I have a friend who is pretty, smart and loves sex. But she also wants a man to spend time with sharing, talking, building a relationship, etc. Unfortunately the majority of men she tends to meet and connect with are the kind who want the obvious and then disappear. Once she wrote me a sad letter saying it had happened again and what should she do about it? I asked if she ever ate at McDonald's. Confused, she said yes. I asked what she ordered there. Quarter pounder with cheese. All right, then think of these guys as Mr. McDonald's--you go there now and then to have a quarter pounder with cheese, large order of fries, and a giga Coke. Yummy. We know it's shit food and all the blah blah guilt that goes along with eating junk. But it's also delicious in its sinful way and that's why we eat it, like hot fudge sundaes, peanut butter sandwiches, or a bag of pork rinds. These guys are McDonald's. You have it, feel both good and guilty at the same time (the Oxymoron Meal!), and afterwards go back to a healthy diet. If you're going to eat a cheeseburger, enjoy the damned thing. Don't guilt yourself out about doing it, any more than you should feel guilty about taking a vacation and lazing around on the beach all day. Mostly because it happens infrequently and given the choice, you normally eat what you should be eating.