Your post made complete sense, and I totally understand.

And, your post actually helped me to finish thinking through some of my own thoughts about my T and made me feel a little better about those thoughts, knowing that I'm not alone in the way I feel. I had a realization today that I really wish I could go back in time and be raised with my T as my Mom. It's not that she's at all Mom-like...I picked her specifically because she reminds me nothing of my own mother. It's just that she accepts me and understands me and is able to give me lots of the things I wish I had gotten from my Mom when I was a kid (and even now, in a way).