Loooong time reader of this board, since 1997, finally i'm posting for my first time here. Just never saw a topic that made me want to post until this one.
My cousin Leo, looked up to him when I was kid and copied everything he did, loved the Buffalo Sabres, loved Pat LalalalaFontaine. So I was watching the Superbowl with him, I asked: so who do want to win? Buffalo Bills of course!
Man, the rest is history. Longest relationship (outside of family): The Bills. First heartbreak: The Bills (that dreaded afternoon in Adelphia Stadium), as a grown man cried for the first time since I was a kid. First website bookmark: The Bills. First thing I read when I'm sitting on the john in the morning: The Bills. Last thing i read before falling asleep: This board!
When I look back on how I become a fan, I was never a fan, it's just part of who I am. There's no dissociation with the rest of the stuff I do. period.