Jeez Apple: How many email addresses do I have to have!!!!

Put this here as I couldn't see a forum that deals with Apple ID so, iTunes, IOS, Mountain Lion?? No idea.
Anyway, I started the process to migrate to iCloud mail accounts (I already use iCloud for calendar sync etc) as I've never really liked Gmail's IMAP and I only ever use it's web interface to go and sort out one of the countless glitches I have when trying to get Gmail IMAP to work well with different Mac/IOS mail clients.  Must admit I was quite disappointed to find that I could not then use my iCloud email address as my Apple ID.
I can understand the desirability of having a secondary non-iCloud email address as a secondary address too, esp if Apple needs to contact you in the event of service issues.  But I do find it a PITA that my Apple ID rescue email address needs to be different to my Apple ID and my rescue email!! Why for God's sake?? I only want one secondary email address, the same address I'd like to use to rescue my ID details!!!  But no, now I need a THIRD email address!!
I can understand a non Apple email address being desirable (albeit I'd still like to be able to use my iCloud email address as my Apple ID) but forcing me to maintain a third email address?????  Come on!!!!

But I do find it a PITA that my Apple ID rescue email address needs to be different to my Apple ID and my rescue email!!
Resue email needs to be different than rescue email?

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