Well, Duh!

Ken was watching TV last night and I heard the broadcaster talking about a research report that came out that found that chocolate helps reduce stress in women.

Well, duh!

The university who did the research project could have saved a bunch of money and time by just polling a group of moms. They would have gotten the same results.

Moms have known for years that the best thing to do when your children are driving you bonkers is to get a piece of chocolate from your hidden stash of sweets, sneak into the laundry room under the auspice of "folding clothes" and eat it really, really fast so you don't have to share it with them.

And you choose the laundry room because they won't come within 10 feet of there because they think that they may have help you and do some work. We moms aren't stupid, you know!

And five minutes later, you feel better. Albeit then you have to deal with the guilt of blowing the diet that you had to restart today because you did the same exact thing yesterday.

But that's okay. Because your children's lives have been spared and you will survive another day of telling them for the umpteenth time not to throw balls in the house, picking up their dirty underwear off of the floor and asking them for the 10th time to clear their dishes.

So, yeah brilliant researchers, thanks for the confirmation of what thousands of moms already know. Chocolate does make it all better!