How did you discover final fantasy?

[blackchocobo9999]

i want to know how everyone got into playing and enjoying final fantasy?

for me it all started in 1997, the release of ff7, proberly the best ff ever
i saw it at my neibours house and he said i could borrow it because i thought it looked intresting, It was!! I never gave him it back but about a couple of years, it broke so i went to the shops to buy it and thats when i noticed ff8 and 9, so i bought those to
and now i have them all!!

now its your turn to tell me and the other ff lovers how you got into final fantasy??