Everybody wants a box of chocolates

[venta]

OK, I want opinions on chocolate.

Now, as previously discussed with some of you, I'm not an enormous fan of chocolate. Sure, I like it, but I don't really hold it in the kind of reverence that many do. It's a niceish, sweet tasting thing - sadly not the extreme sensual experience which some people seem to find it (and do they really, or are they just exaggerating ?)

So, what I want to know: how much chocolate is too much ? How many people actually don't think there is such a thing as too much ? People who are allergic/intolerant to chocolate (hello, half my family) are a different case. Would anyone seriously claim to be addicted to chocolate ?

For reference, I've eaten a Tw*x and two Cadbury's Roses in the last hour, and am now feeling distinctly queasy about the whole experience. Should have stopped after the Tw*x, really, but when someone hands anything edible round I eat some on reflex.

Update: is there any mileage in the idea that extreme dedication to the eating of chocolate is a female thing ? A quick mental survey of blokes of my acquaintance suggests "no", but some people seem to believe it quite firmly.

Comments

[lathany.livejournal.com]

In the days before I dieted (OK, that's possible pre-teens), I could eat chocolate until I ran out of the stuff. These days I get a vaguely guilty feeling, even though I'm not dieting, after a bar or half-bar. The guilty feeling tends to stop me eating more (after all, if I'm not fully enjoying it then it's wasted). However, I have to eat most of a decent sized easter egg before I start feeling sick.

And, as far as the update goes, bateleur's a chocolate addict - although he tends to have it little and often rather than being able to binge on it (I can do the binge thing).