Friday, 12 August 2011
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If Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Then Chocolate Is Her Soulmate
I'm sure all of you have heard the phrase "Diamonds are a girl's best friend." While I whole-heartedly agree, and would gladly accept diamonds any day of the week, I'm thinking there's room for a second love: Chocolate.
For any girl that has ever broken up with a boyfriend or suffered through that time of the month, you know that a piece of chocolate can mean the difference between you being Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.
In my sporadic states of depression because of this or that, I have literally eaten entire bags of Hershey's Kisses with Almonds in one afternoon. Sometimes it was the only thing I could stomach when my body rejected real food.
When I was sixteen, my boyfriend and I broke up. My best friend picked me up off the floor, dragged me to Rite Aid, and helped me to pick out ten (yes, ten) Nestle Crunch Bars with Caramel. And a pint of Ben & Jerry's Rocky Road ice cream. And I ate it all.
To health freaks and men, this may just sound like the tale of a fat girl. However, the fact of the matter is: Chocolate does help soothe you. I did a little research a few years ago (and just checked up on it again to make sure), and it turns out that chocolate has over 500 natural chemical compounds, “some of which have been categorized as mood-elevating and pleasure-inducing.” In addition to Theobromine and Caffeine, a chemical compound called Phenylethylamine (PEA) “may be responsible for some of the pleasurable feelings you get after eating chocolate because it releases natural feel-good chemicals called endorphins in your brain. PEA is released by the brain when people are falling in love.”
And it’s not just love that is created via chocolate – it’s the avoidance of male violence and death. My friend just told me a story about how she was anticipating that time of the month, cranky, tired, weak, and in pain. Everyone and everything was annoying her. Even in her state of utter misery, she knew what she had to do.
She opened her freezer door, saw the Double Fudge Brownie ice cream with chocolate chunks, and lunged at the carton. It's too light, she thought, prepared to kill someone. Ripping the lid off, and surveyed the damage. There was about three spoonfuls left – so she grabbed a spoon, and dug in. Feeling satisfied and much less irritated, she went back to her room.
So men, listen up: when you think that your girlfriend or wife is PMSing and you sense you're about to go through a rough time, save the $15 on flowers and head straight to the chocolate aisle. Did you think it was a coincidence that Valentine's Day – the day of love and love-making – centers around huge boxes of chocolates? Come on now!
Don't misunderstand, we love mushy cards, and random gifts, and expensive jewelry (and umm, you guys too, of course ;)), but nothing – and I mean nothing – beats chocolate when trying to fight a bad mood or stomach cramp. We bear the children, you buy the chocolate. It's an uneven trade, but we're willing to overlook that.
The moral of the story is this: If diamonds are a girls best friend, then chocolate is her soulmate.
Do you love chocolate? Does it make you feel better when you're blue?
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- From: Jennifer
- Name: Jennifer
- About Me: I have had a love affair with food for as long as I can remember. Some people like to drink, some people like to party -- but nothing makes me happier than sitting down to an awesome dinner in a hip (or traditional) restaurant with my family and friends. And the more you get to know me, the more you'll realize that I would give you the shirt off my back, but never -- ever -- try and steal food from my plate! I can do mean things with a fork!
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i'm allergic to chocolate... so uh, no, hives all over my body don't help 'elevate my mood' at all. bwahahah sorry.
Look at my username, Jennifer. What do you think?
Actually, chocolate is my favorite mind-altering substance. They say that chocolate produces the same effect in the brain that being in love does. I say that chocolate is far more dependable.
and now i want to eat my weight in chocolate. thanks.
Good post, though. :) This whole eating healthy and exercising regularly thing, however, steers me away from chocolate and more towards running... which also happens to release endorphins AND it burns calories / keeps you physically fit.
Maybe I should be eating chocolate (dark, of course) WHILE running... think of all the endorphins! haha... :)
yes yes yes! <3333
I really enjoyed this post. Chocolate is a man's best friend too. A year ago, a friend of mine was dumped by his materialistic girlfriend and he asked me to come over to his place. After polishing off the chips, we ended up in middle of his living room floor with our pint of chocolate ice cream and a bottle of good wine... me chatting and him sobbing. By the time he scrapped and licked the last bit of the ice cream, he was a different man. I set him up for a double date the next week and the rest is history.
When my husband and I were contemplating divorce, my daughter and chocolates are my source of comfort. I was crying one night in the living room and unfortunately for me, my daughter woke up and saw me crying. She tiptoed to kitchen and came back with 2 glasses of warm milk and a few pieces of chocolates she had saved for the next day. I was touched by her kindness. It was a special moment for me and my daughter as we sat together, chatting and eating the chocolates.
Hehe.. my girl friends and I tried a chocolate massage at a spa and it was sooooooooooooooo good.
Chocolate is my frenemy. It is best in small doses, but too much time spent with it and it starts causing all sorts of problems. Damn, brownies sound so good right now though...
"we love mushy cards, and random gifts, and expensive jewelry..."
Thank you for telling me what I love.
Personally, I hate mushy cards, I don't wear jewelry, and I find random gifts absolutely pointless.You would be a much better writer if you would take into account ALL of the people reading you, and not just the ones who think and act like you.
I only eat a tonnn of chocolate whenever it's Christmastime and candy cane kisses are out. I bought four bags last year and ate them all. Not in one sitting of course, but over a period of a couple months.
@the_rocking_of_socks@xanga - Calm yourself women. It's a generalization. I think maybe YOU need some chocolate, endorphins sound like they're needed !
I eat chocolate because it's sweet and delish and kicks up endorphins, I can't relate to heartbreak to make myself better, to eat chocolate xD
@pain2beauty@xanga - What makes you think I'm not calm, and who are you to tell me what I need?
Screw diamonds, dogs are my best friend. You can teach them to fetch you beer.
But chocolate is a close second. Kinda like that other best friend you have, but don't introduce to the other because you think it might result in death.
(Chocolate kills dogs, man)
@the_rocking_of_socks@xanga - your generally hostile tone makes us think you're not calm (though it could just be due to Jenn; she has that effect on people ;D ), and she didn't tell you what you need, she made a suggestion.
haha I love this post. Save the $15.00 and get her chocolates!! seriously it will make me happy!!
omg thank you so much for this PSA about chocolate! I didn't really know that chocolate made me less emotional until my mom was like "chocolate makes me happy ~~~
I would love it if your next post would be about your favorite chocolates and ice creams with chocolate in them. (i'm not a fan of chocolate ice cream :( )
i used to love chocolate... now it makes me sick. but i know it makes you happy. :)
I agree with this as long as it is not the really gross chocolates that come in a heartshaped cardboard box around vaentines day. I want to know what is in the center of my chocolates!
@hallentine@xanga - HAHAHA
@the_rocking_of_socks@xanga - eh, you can never write an article of opinion that will please everyone. That is the basic notion of 'target audience'. She can write to whoever she wants to! obviously though, that's not us. Can't say I agree with her either. Chocolate is my most loathsome gift I could receive from a man. I think it's uncreative, cheap, and a clear indicator that he has no idea about who I am. =P Buying me Portal 2 on steam on the other hand, more 'forever' than diamonds and so much sweeter than chocolate.
@PervyPenguin@xanga - Hahha-- if i could train my dog to fetch me a beer, he'd be this woman's best friend.
Chocolate makes me sick. And actually a little depressed. I have a friend who quoted me somewhere and I had said. "I'm eating chocolate... I don't know why... and its making me unhappy." I know people say that chocolate gives you endorphin that mimic love, but to me, i would prefer hard candy.and isn't diamonds suppose to be reserved for your 60th year of marriage? I'm glad you like it though! most of my friends love chocolate so I buy them chocolate-- thus this post is relevant to me that way!
=} sex is a big pick me up! Sex and video games.............. Where most people have comfort food, I have Final Fantasy 7.
@The_Unknown_Blogger@xanga - My friend dumped his whiney, needy thinspo girlfriend and ended up marrying a chocolate maker. A sweet happy ending.
I love chocolate and appreciate the efforts people put into making it.
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