A while ago (last year or the year before that), I asked my mom, "What's My Little Pony about?" She replied, "Oh it's just a stupid show for 8 year old girls." Thinking back I assume she was talking about the old generations and not FiM because she didn't know FiM was a thing. I asked her if I should watch and episode to see what it was about and she said to not bother because I would hate it.
A long time went by, and 1-2 weeks ago, I was bored in my bedroom by myself. I went on my computer and watched one episode of MLP FiM, thinking I would hate it. I was wrong. I loved it! Later I found out I had viewed S9E1. After I had heard about generations (G1, G2, G3, and G4), I researched them a bit (same day). I decided to stick with FiM, and watched from S1E1. I LOVED the program.
I heard about these and Poniverse as a whole, and joined the herd. After about a week, I had watched more than 1 and a half seasons, so I decided to slow down and not burn through the entire show. I'm now an active member on these forums.
I want to tell my parents I'm a brony (so I can get merch) but I can't work up the courage to do so. Well, maybe one day I'll be able to.