I've posted this story before, but this seems like an appropriate place to put it as well...
It all started when I began dating my current fiance. She had one of those betta bowls with the glass seperating them, so there could be three in the same little 2 gallon tank, and they would flare up when they saw each other. I loved this. So for my birthday, she bought me one of these tanks that could hold 6 of them.
This lead to a natural progression of research and learning more about fish, tanks, and reefs on the net. Around this time, we were hanging out at a mexican food joint when we took a look at their saltwater tank. Had an anenome, clownfish, some softies, shrimp, and the one fish that she loved, a flame hawk. We actually would go to this place and eat just so she could see her "swim and sit" fish. This started the "I want one of those fish" and my beginning to additional researchon saltwater tanks.
Well, my original little tank became her office tank (now with tetras), and I did research. Originally I was planning on a 55, but when we were at the LFS, she pointed to the 90 and said "I like the bigger one." Don't we all
And that's how I got where I am now.