For clarification purposes, let me start out by explaining that I started referring to naked aerobics between folks as "swirling the cocoa" or "sharing the cocoa" or "stirring the cocoa" (basically all verbiage involving making and partaking of cocoa) a few years back. I can't remember why. I had a good reason at the time and then it kind of became a thing: Cuddle cocoa, pity cocoa, hot and bubbly cocoa vs. yesterday's cold and curdled cocoa, measuring a man's stirring implement, sipping vs. over-indulging... you catch my drift.
Now that we've cleared that up, let me share a crazy conversation that I participated in the other day. It was an innocent enough get together of 6 girls and 4 guys. We ate and then three of the guys wandered off. Someone came by and offered me dessert - a chocolate mousse pie thing that I turned down with a sigh. I announced to the girl on my left, "I miss chocolate."
She nodded and said, "I miss sex."
The room went completely still. Even the crickets were like, "Wait... what?!"
Another girl sitting across from me kind of double-blinked and asked me, "Why did you give up chocolate? Are you allergic?"
"My waistline is allergic." I announced and everyone laughed. Awkwardness in room diffused.
Girl to left pipes up again, "You can live without chocolate though, there is no substitute for sex." The three guys that had wandered off reappeared and took seats. Two leaned forward. One rubbed his hands together. Oh dear. We were really about to have this discussion?
Let's get the people in the room straight. There's me, guy I was with (Guy1), girl to my left (GTL), Trey, his girl T, Bryan, his wife Jazz, Some other dude (Dude), the girl seated across from me (Girl4) and then some other girl who shows up from time to time (RandomChick).
Before the guys could start, Jazz asked: "Why have you given up sex?"
GTL explains (in a lot of detail) that she's given up on men. Girl4 stops her in mid-whine and says, "Friend, that what toys are for."
Dude declares, "Toys are no substitute for the real thing."
Three of the women exchange looks and go silent.
Dude asks, "Seriously, the toys make up for not having the real thing? That's just not possible." He looked around like his feelings were about to be so hurt. I wondered which of the chicks in the room he was dating or had dated.
"Sometimes the toys are better than the real thing!" RandomChick says. Hope it wasn't her.
Again, ladies - there are things we may think to ourselves and there are things we say in mixed company... learn the difference. Much chatter commenced about toys vs. human touch.
Trey asks, "Okay, if you had to chose between never having human interactive sex again or never buying new shoes, which would you do?"
I winced. I mean, shoes are important. I immediately started thinking of an out. "I get to keep all my current shoes?"
Bryan laughs, "You're going to wear something out, the shoes or the man. Which will it be?"
His wife answers, "Some of my shoes have been with me longer than you. I'm low-key tempted to go with shoes." She laughs, "Naw - I'll take you." No one 100% believes her but we let it ride. #DontStartNoneWontBeNone
Dude says, "That's like asking a man to give up sex or SportsCenter. I can catch the scores later."
Guy1 asks, "Bruh, you are comparing a man watching SportsCenter to a woman eating chocolate? That's not even apples or oranges. More like watching Durant vs Bron in a game seven for the championship."
Guy1 asks, "Bruh, you are comparing a man watching SportsCenter to a woman eating chocolate? That's not even apples or oranges. More like watching Durant vs Bron in a game seven for the championship."
"Like never disturbing your man during the Superbowl." RandomChick says.
"Or your woman. Is there a law against having sex while watching the SuperBowl?" I joked.
Guy1 is now side-eyeing me up and down. "Let's say you had to chose between sex and chocolate for the rest of your active sex years. Which do you pick?"
"Sex, for sure!" I say immediately. (I'm no fool) "But let me qualify that, it has to be good sex. I'm not giving up my chocolate high for lackluster cocoa."
"Right like when you really want chocolate, you want Godiva truffles, not a damned Hershey Kiss." Trey's girl T said. I like her.
Girl4 was like, "There's really no substitute for chocolate though. It releases serotonin and makes you feel so good."
Trey, "Like orgasmic?"
"Yeah."
"Then why not just have the orgasm?" Guy1 asks.
Thirty minutes into endorphins, serotonin levels, calories burned vs calories consumed and I nipped it in the bud. "It's a moot point because you can have both. On a great day, you can have both at the same time. Okay?"
High-fiving commenced but the question remains. If you had to chose between sex and chocolate, which would you pick? And is this not the silliest that turned serious discussion ever had?