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"Let me tell you a story about my friend Hoda Kotb from the Today show. She used to tell me about the highs, and mostly lows, of being single in New York City. Hoda is amazing, beautiful and successful. So why hadn&amp;amp;#8217;t she settled down yet? Was she too intimidating? Too picky? I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t figure it out, and then one Saturday I suggested lunch: &amp;amp;#8220;Let&amp;amp;#8217;s grab some Mexican and margaritas.&amp;amp;#8221; She replied, &amp;amp;#8220;Does 11:30 A.M. work?&amp;amp;#8221; I answered, &amp;amp;#8220;Um, not if you expect anyone to be there.&amp;amp;#8221; I thought about how she hit the gym at 4:00 A.M. to get to the office on time, and how her evenings were regimented&amp;amp;#8212;a media appearance, early dinner and an understandably ridiculous early bedtime. And it hit me: Hoda was socially constipated. Her schedule was so packed that she couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t cut loose and have fun. We girls are set in our ways. We have a manicure on Sunday and Spin class on Tuesday. We have our regular Starbucks order and our go-to cocktail, and nights out only on good hair days. But you can&amp;amp;#8217;t be open to meeting someone if you&amp;amp;#8217;re closed off from having any fun. That&amp;amp;#8217;s when you&amp;amp;#8217;re socially constipated, and you have to get yourself unstuck. How? Plan a girls&amp;amp;#8217; night out; wear your favorite top, put on fake eyelashes&amp;amp;#8212;whatever it is you do to get your party on. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t worry about what tomorrow brings: Ask someone to cover for you at work or put the kids to bed. Throwing caution to the wind is when magic happens. Just do it! Hoda did. We hit a Manhattan hot spot one night, and before long we had men crowding our table, phone numbers flying. She even let me drag her to another place to dance&amp;amp;#8230;on a school night! Suddenly, her energy was different. She was out there. Not long after, we met two girls who wanted her to date their dad. I got her to agree, and a year later Hoda and her guy are still in love. Shake up the routine and it could happen for you, too! Bethenny Frankel is the star of Bethenny Ever After and the author of the New York Times best-seller A Place of Yes."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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