cup of tea

Every morning I drink a large mug of tea, usually made for me by my partner in the teapot with boiling water from the electric kettle using a Yorkshire Gold tea bag. Yummy - great way to wake up.
For all my life I have had it with milk - in the olden days in the UK the milk was delivered daily via a milkman on his float. It was whole milk with cream on the top in glass bottles with a foil top. At some stage the family went to having some pints semi skimmed, that is probably 2%. At all times my family only had a dash of milk in their tea and would get very nervous when in other people's homes that their tea would be too milky for them. You could see the parents, especially my Dad hovering near the tea pouring process, all full of tension, less someone would over pour the white stuff.
We all had sugar back then, but I gave it up at the age of 14 when one of my Mother's friends who had been a nurse (back in the times of Florence Nightingale) shreaked with horror when I took sugar, said something about my poor kidneys being stressed by processing it. So that lone spoon of sugar was eliminated and it took months before I tolerated drinking tea; in fact I never did enjoy it quite as much. Roll forward 32 years and I started to use the Splenda (fake sugar alcohol with no calories) in my tea. Now  it tastes much better. I tried to cut out the milk but just cant do it. It is too much of a sacrifice.
So we have a big gallon jug of fat free in the fridge which is for tea and porridge. Will not need it for the porridge anymore just the tea. I suppose I could try that soy milk stuff but I would bet a $100 that I will not like it. Some people, poor unknowing American hosts or myself by mistake, have put creamer or half and half in my tea before - makes me want to puke. If I still have to buy milk for tea, hopefully there are smaller sizes to buy, although this fat free stuff keeps for a few weeks after opening. Must be the fat that goes rancid. Wonder what sort of process they use to get the fat out?
Anyway, it looks like I am stuck with having to buy a small container of milk every so often just for my morning tea. Pity.