Remembering Cheese Restriction

I got the same birthday card EVERY YEAR for many many years. I think I still have at least one floating around. It has a flow chart on it and one of the boxes said "do you like cheese?" And if you said Yes then it said "eat the cheese!" It also made a cheese comment on the back of the card as well.

Now, I got this card because I love cheese. No really I LOVE CHEESE! its been a standing thing since I read the sweet potato queens that I will have my ashes put into an urn made of cheese. Due to my love of cheese my stepmother would not let me eat any. Seriously. I was on cheese restriction when I was under her roof.

My stepmother hoarded cheese, she had it frozen from when it went on sale, there was ALWAYS cheese, when I got a job, I bought my own damn cheese to spite her and it is still ALWAYS in my house. Various kinds and in various forms, I love cheese.

Previous to my employment my friends took pity on me and my best friend (one of them I have two) actually brought a block of cheese and a cheese cutter to school and gave it to me. I actually carried the cheese around in my pocket all day and ate it. THE WHOLE BLOCK OF IT!

I also had a saying in high school: "Ich habe kase in meiner hose" Thats german for I have cheese in my pants. I truely did have cheese in my pants that day and I was the happiest girl in the world. But i digress....

Lets get back to this card... I received this card every year from people who knew me, some of whom did not know the covert cheese in pants smuggling operation. Everyone knew about cheese restriction.

I am going to cut this short... My sister, my friends from MPHS (more than once), my friends from GHS (twice) and various family members all sent me this card. The only thing I can figure now is that it must be out of print since I have not received it for many years. So sad....

But I did always eat the cheese.