It's been more than twenty years since I made the conscious decision NEVER to begin a written message (e.g., an e-mail) with the word "I". Such egomania usually means that whatever thought follows the first word, that thought is missed by the reader, who has stopped reading because no one is interested in me as the lead character in this play we all act in together. (I don't think even devoted lovers tend to put the other person first, although perhaps they should.)
It's just a rule. You can adopt it, or not, as you see fit. (But maybe you'd rather not. Maybe you think I'm like Sherman's horse in the Vonnegut poem Goosing Statues After Dark--that I'm just an insensitive piece of stone. Instead, maybe you should think, If Sherman's horse can take it, why can't you?)
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