*comes and snuggles you to help you sort out doubt*

For me, it's not about fear of an ampersand, but a fear of lack of ampersands. I have a lot of them, and I try to keep them from conflicting with each other.

Every friendship I have is an ampersand of some sort. Romantic relationships too. If someone sees me coming with my best friend they say 'oh, it's ladymondegreen and angelrenaissanc' and I like that. Partially, I think because I don't get anything like as much time with any one person who matters to me as I should. Perhaps that's why I've learned to relish and enjoy being conjoined -- in punctuation at least -- with my friends and lovers, because I know it can't last, even though I want it to. Time and geography are the great dividers for me.

I hope you don't mind if, in our few hours together every few months, someone ampersands us.

Love,
LMG