The following classified advertisement appeared in a recent edition of a major city newspaper:

HOT TUB - For sale, complete w/plumbing. Will trade for pick-up truck. Call _________ after 5:00 p.m.

One does not have to possess a Ph.D. in clinical psychology to suspect that, behind those few words, there lies a life in major transition. Away with the hot tub, the gold chains, the Brut, the Alfa Romeo, the wine coolers, and the avocado dip. In with the baseball cap, the Budweiser, the flannel shirt, the Old Spice, and the Chevy half-ton.

One also does not have to be trained in sociology to recognize that we live in a culture rife with these kinds of transformations, what are sometimes called "lifestyle changes." People all across the map are becoming vegetarians, signing up for "marriage e…