Does How You Eat Your Chocolate Really Reveal Something about Your Character?

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I was reading a post today on Fabulously Broke in the City, and contemplating if how a person eats chocolate really does have anything to do with their will to save or spend. You can read the post here. FB basically states that if you save your favorites for the end to savor, then you tend to be more self-controlled and able to delay gratification. If you eat them first, then you are more of an instant gratification type person and less of a saver.

I couldn't help but think about how my friend, Rhonda and I laugh about our technique in eating chocolate. One day, I was on the phone with my friend Rhonda, telling her a story about offering my friend, Heather, a chocolate truffle. Many months ago, I was the fortunate receiver of a huge box of truffles from Godiva. As I opened the box, there were beautifully decorated chocolate truffles with drizzles of white chocolate, some rolled in cocoa, and others imprinted with images. My friend Heather came over and noticed the box of truffles. I told her all about the truffles and then opened the box to offer her one. Actually, I had had the box of truffles for about 3 months at the time that I offered her a piece. So, there wasn’t a lot left in the box. When I opened the box to offer my friend one of the truffles that was left, there were several pieces that had bites in them that I had placed back in the box. My friend Heather just laughed and I laughed, explaining to her that this was how I ate chocolate. I could tell she had never seen this before because she looked at me like why would you not just finish the chocolate instead of putting it back in the box? As I was telling my friend Rhonda about this story, I told Rhonda how I wished my friend Heather had been there when I first got the box. So, I could have offered her the choice of any chocolate in the box. hehe Anyway…my friend Rhonda began laughing because she said she did the same thing with her chocolates and had experienced the same reaction from someone else when she revealed her box of chocolates with half-eaten pieces.

You see, Rhonda and I don't necessarily try to eat all the good chocolate at first, we take a bite out of almost every piece. Then, determining if it meets our taste, we either start on another piece or continue devouring the piece that we have just tasted. I guess this could be viewed as eating the best chocolate first. However, here is the interesting part. We still keep the ones we have bitten into, placing them nicely back in the box, and SAVING them for later. We know not to waste chocolate, even if it is not our favorite! To the disgust of anyone else that wants to choose a piece of chocolate out of the box, they open the lid, only to discover that someone has taken a bite out of each piece. So, what is the point of this story? My point is, even if you eat your favorite first, if you still make a point to save and savor every piece, doesn’t that make you a saver as well? I don’t necessarily think that eating your favorite first makes you any less of a saver than those who delay their favorite for later. Life really is like a box of chocolates. However, if you make a point of savoring every piece or event in your life for what it is, you will still be able to taste the sweetness of it, even if it is bittersweet (which incidentally is my least favorite chocolate). What are your thoughts? Leave in the comments below.

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