"Do you want to come to a chocolate party? It's at the Shlabotnik's house! He's an attorney."

"Is it an attorney chocolate party?"

"No, it's with some people from the church."

"Then no."

After all the trouble I've had with the Mormon church, these things always sound to me like: "Hey, your rapist is throwing a frat party! Do you want to come?"

Besides, a chocolate party? What am I, ten?



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I'd bet real money it wasn't a "chocolate party" anyway.
That's just the lure to get sugar-loving mormons to show up.

Once you're there, you get hit with either:

-- a fantastic MLM-based investment opportunity that could make you rich!

-- a fantastic church-based opportunity that could get you to the CK!

Same BS either way.

Good call not going :)

It didn't even occur to me that it might be an MLM party. I just assumed it was some sort of fake friendship overture to hook me back into Mormonism. Argh.

The week after I got back from my mission, my old (now released and a SP) bishop called me. Said how glad he was I was home, and would I like to come over for dinner so we could catch up?

Sure, free food (and this was the bishop whose daughter I'd fooled around with before going!). So I went.

Dinner was, actually, "snacks." Short and not much. There was little to no "catching up." There WAS a massive pitch for me to become one of their underlings in Amway. Which, after almost two hours of the sales pitch, I weaseled out of and left.

I've seen it happen far too often :(

Maybe it was a chocolate-based MLM, like when you get invited to a "candle party" for someone selling candles, "Jewelry party" for someone who is part of a jewelry MLM.

I believe that chocolate hits the same parts of the brain that opiates and other illicit drugs hit....and is the Mormon equivalent of getting high. Just sayin'.

There is something to this. There are actually a variety of potential compounds with psychoactive effects. Some of the compounds are in such low amounts there is a legitimate question as to whether their effects are important. Phenylethylamine is the basic building block model for amphetamines but there is question as to whether the bioavailability is sufficient for a direct effect but it does result in the release of endorphins (the body’s natural opioids) so there is probably an indirect effect. There is some evidence that chocolate contains anandamide (the body’s natural cannabinoid) but again is there enough. There is caffeine in chocolate but the methylxanthine that is much more prominent is theobromine. It has a similar but much less pronounced effect compared to caffeine. It is also especially toxic to dogs and cats because these animals metabolize the compound inefficiently allowing accumulation and toxicity.

There’s no denying the good feeling from chocolate.

I think their plan was to get you all hopped up on chocolate until you're giddy as a school child, then pounce in that moment of weakness and inebriation and get you to recommit to the church.

Not unlike how the frat house "rapist" you mentioned would operate.

Hilarious!

You can't make this stuff up!

I love your analogy: "Hey, your rapist is throwing a frat party! Do you want to come?"


Chocolate lures children, and we all know that those cult-members are after our children.

Yeah, what does being an attorney have to do with anything?

Their childishness knows no bounds. They can't even be shamed by it. They flaunt their immaturity.

I'm only surprised that they didn't want you to come to the chocolate party dressed in pajamas.

Maybe they'll have balloons! :D

BTW, good to see you here. Hope all is well with you and your (probably not so) little one.

Things are going great. He's coming out to visit on Saturday. He'll be 15 next month, and we have lots of plans. Thanks for asking!

He is only going to be 7 next month!

I can't believe he's that old now. Yikes.

Devoted Exmo Wrote:
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> Their childishness knows no bounds. They can't
> even be shamed by it. They flaunt their
> immaturity.
>
> I'm only surprised that they didn't want you to
> come to the chocolate party dressed in pajamas.


At one time I'd have thought it was childish too. Probably a defensive reaction from being treated like a child in TSCC for so long.

Now I do everything I can to act and feel like a child again. And I think it's a very adult thing to do. I'd definitely go to a chocolate party in my jammies as long as no mormons nor MLMs were involved. :-)

How much you want to bet if you did go, they'd take it as a show that you were interested in going back to church? Or they would all hound you to go back to church. Either way, or the MLM way, it doesn't sound like a fun time. Especially if it's a bunch of church people going to be there.

Fun adult parties are with adult beverages, adult topics of conversation, no uptight people, relaxation. Chocolate party sounds childish. I avoid Mormons at all costs.

Or you could graciously accept their invitation and support them in their efforts to host a light-hearted neighbor get-together. Seriously, folks- not everything Mormons do is suspect.

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> Seriously,
> folks- not everything Mormons do is suspect.

It is when they invite you to a "Chocolate Party!" :)

I'm not ashamed to admit that I really like dark chocolate but I know where to get some without attending a party "with some people from the church" .

Chocolate addict that I am Still would not go because being around a bunch of Mormons would ruin the whole thing. I am also addicted to staying away from Mormon bullshiite

"chocolate party" is code for women's sexy lingerie party.
You missed it.

I went to a couple of chocolate tasting classes in SLC that were first rate. I was surprised to find out that an international award winning chocolate maker is in Orem, UT (Amani).

Boutique food stores (e.g. Liberty Fresh) carry the good stuff. Of the chains, Harmons also carries the good stuff. It is not in the candy aisle. It's probably over by the high end cheeses.

That said, I agree this chocolate party was most likely a sales pitch for an MLM. I consider Mormonism an MLM, BTW.

I like chocolate and I actually know where to buy some without having to socialize with Mormons.

Hey buddy. Long time. Hope all is well. Deleted Facebook from my life. MIss your insightful posts and reading lists.

Warmest Wishes My brother!

HH =)

In Manhattan when attorneys advertise for chocolate parties they mean chocolate bunnies, and not the Easter kind. As in playboy bunnies. That's what they call beautiful black women to hang on their elbow: chocolate bunnies.