Because They Don’t Have a “Shut Up, You Idiot.” of the Month Club

  • November 28th, 2007

While taking a little break to do some online holiday shopping, I spent a few minutes salivating over the Vosges truffles with Kathy.

Kathy: dude. chocolate. of. the. month. club.

Joelle: see, every woman should have that. that is the perfect gift.

Kathy: it should be given to you at birth.

Joelle: right? or like, for your first period.

Joelle: it should be a right of passage.

Can you imagine?  After your mom (or whomever) gives you a moderately uncomfortable Talk about the Birds and the Bees, followed by a truly horrifying tampon demonstration, she presents you with a congratulatory gift… of chocolate.  It seems the least one could do, as really, it’s more of a consolation prize.  “You get to bloat, bleed, whine and otherwise act like total psychopath once a month until you’re 50.  Mazeltov!”

I’d take it, though — I’m not stupid.

10 insightful thoughts

kat said on 11/28/07 @ 5:09pm

That would work for me, especially today of all days!  Where do I sign up?

Louise said on 11/28/07 @ 5:42pm

Hmmm… maybe if we talked to the Vosges people really nicely, they would become Official Sponsors to the Womanly Rite of Passage?

zengrrl said on 11/28/07 @ 6:06pm

I swear I must be the only woman I’ve ever known/met who doesn’t care about chocolate. Oh, I’ll eat an M&M;if it’s in front of me, but I’ve never craved chocolate and I almost always tend to go for non-chocolate types of candy/desserts.

And the thing is people keep giving me chocolates as gifts. My roommate usually benefits from it all. LOL

Geggie said on 11/28/07 @ 7:53pm

I bought a Goji Bar and a Woolloomooloo Bar today.

I’ve tasted pretty much all of them, even the Bacon Bar!  My faves are the Naga and the Goji.

Icyshard said on 11/28/07 @ 7:54pm

OMG, did you actually get a demonstration?  Do most girls get one??  I never did–I just assumed that’s why every box includes those diagrams!

lani said on 11/28/07 @ 9:43pm

Or maybe mom (or whomever) could skip the whole uncomfortable talk and just hand you the gift box of chocolates and Chocolate of the Month Club membership with one of those diagrams Icyshard’s talking about in it.  I was on my own when it came to learning about this stuff so chocolates would have helped.  A LOT.

geeky said on 11/29/07 @ 6:56am

Where do I sign up? I heart Vosges.

Kathy said on 11/29/07 @ 7:36am

I wonder if they can time your delivery date each month to coincinde with your PMS schedule.

Speaking of… *checks calendar*

amy t. said on 11/29/07 @ 1:02pm

I’ll tell you what… A chocolate club membership would have been much more appreciated (and much less mortifying) than the flowers my dad had delivered to the house made out to his “little woman.”

It’s been 18 years and I’m STILL mortified by that.

Deltus said on 11/29/07 @ 10:43pm

Um, that got me to thinking… it’s usually the mother’s job to give the daughters “the little talk”, right?  Right??

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