Indeed. I had eight years of Catholic school. When I would ask "why?" in response to nuns telling us some thing or other that we weren't supposed to do. The answer was always just "because God said so" followed by a slap across the face. Kind of turned me off to the whole thing. It wasn't all bad, though. I had a great teacher in 5th grade who got me into science fiction reading Ray Bradbury and Arthur C Clark and of course watching Star Trek.

As for cheese, I got spoiled when I was in London so still pay the outrageous prices. I LOVE a slice of Apricot Stilton with a fresh pear for dessert. But you're right about burgers. A piece of crappy Kraft Muenster is good enough.

As I said in another post, a friend said to me "the pain of accepting the changes you're going through is 10x less than the pain you're going through trying to stay the same." That was really the kick in the pants I needed to hear that set me down a decent path mental health wise.

ADT really did a number on my mental health, but I got some help for that and now, a month out, I'm feeling a lot better so have started corresponding with others who are just starting on this "journey" and hopefully can help some of them out