Oddly enough, I forced myself. I went to my best friend's house one night (I guess I was like 6) and he and his sister were just talking about Pokemon. Pokemon Pokemon Pokemon. I didn't know a thing about it. I got mad and left the room and sat on the stairs and yelled "FINE I'll like Pokemon! ...Now where to start..." and SOOOOOOOOOOO this was pretty close to Christmas, and my cousin got some Pokemon cards for Christmas and he gives me four, saying he has them. Eevee, Charmander (both of which I still have), Squirtle, and Pikachu. The rest is history.
I used to watch those at my friend Mason's house omg. We would make fun of them though. XD