Gift Chocolate - A Gift For All Occasions

By Peter Hopper

Gift Chocolate - Who hasn't agonised over what to give someone on one of those occasions that call for a gift? We cudgel our brains trying to come up with something that's appropriate for the intended recipient and avoids all the socks, ties and perfumery clichés. The more special the person is to us the more we torture ourselves. All the time, of course, the answer is staring us in the face. For nine people out of ten you can't go far wrong with chocolate!

Chocolate gifts are right for just about any occasion. Valentine gifts, anniversary gifts and birthday gifts, can all be tricky until you remember chocolate. Right then, that's your partner's anniversary gift sorted. You can relax now, right? Wrong! You've only just started!

Gift Chocolate may be a suitable gift for any occasion but you still have to think about what particular sort of gift chocolate is appropriate for the particular occasion. You wouldn't give someone a chocolate Easter egg for Christmas for example, would you?

The easy option, particularly if the intended recipient is a lady, is to just pop into a shop and pick up a box of chocolates, any box of chocolates. There you are, sorted! A lot of men would see nothing wrong with that approach, whatever the occasion, but it really isn't that simple chaps!

Traditionally it is usually men who give gift chocolate to women which is probably because it's usually for an occasion connected with a relationship between the sexes, or in the case of Valentine gifts maybe also the hope of a relationship starting up.

The social conventions surrounding gift chocolate are quite interesting and usually concern the interaction between male and female. Often sex comes into the picture somewhere, though not always. Women may give each other chocolate gifts on such occasions as birthdays. Men are much less likely to do so. Of course it's well known that chocolate is considered to be an aphrodisiac so that probably has some bearing on its popularity as an anniversary gift. Certainly it would have some relevance to Valentine gifts!

Chocolatiers are obviously well aware of all this of course which is no doubt why most boxes of chocolates are presented in such feminine styles and indeed in such a variety of feminine styles. So our man popping into a shop needs to think about a few things before he does that.

The first thing he should consider is the intended recipient. Is it his wife, partner or girlfriend? Maybe it's his sister or his mother or it could be a favourite aunt. It could simply be a work colleague who's gone the extra mile to help him out, or indeed some other lady who's done that.

This should help him to decide just how extravagant a gesture he wants to make. In the same way giving some thought to what the occasion is will affect how glamorous he wants his gift to be. If he gets either of these factors wrong his intentions could be disastrously misunderstood. A gift to someone special on a special occasion needs to be quite different to a gesture of thanks to someone who's been particularly kind or helpful.

The beauty of chocolate is that it can be right for any of these situations. You just have to choose the right form of chocolate. Incidentally, if you're a man wanting to give a gift of chocolate to a lady other than your partner, for a legitimate reason of course, you'd be well advised to enlist your partner's help in choosing it. That way you'll be far less likely to get it wrong and end up in trouble!

Of course women do give chocolate gifts to men on various occasions but usually they go for the much less flamboyant presentations because women instinctively know that's what will be appreciated. They know that men are funny that way!

It's always dangerous to make broad assumptions about human beings and their preferences. We know that no two men are alike and no two women are alike. We're all individuals after all and remember we have been thinking of the heterosexual world so far.

All these comfortable generalisations will be blown apart in the case of gay relationships won't they? Well, to some extent yes, but the importance of choosing the right gift chocolate for a particular person is still there surely. In the same way the gift has to suit the particular occasion just the same. The reasons for choosing gift chocolate will be no different either.

So when you think about it Gift Chocolate transcends all our lifestyle differences and variations in sexuality. It doesn't matter whether you're straight or gay, the fact remains. Chocolate is truly a gift for all people and all occasions http://www.write4you.org.uk/blog

Author, Peter Hopper

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