How did you guys end up getting your first snake? What was it like? How did other people react? Etc. I am very curious

For me, I've always liked snakes and thought they were very intriguing, but would have never thought that I would personally get one. But one night in college I went to a house party, one of the people living in that house had a BP. He took it out and let some of his friends hold it, I remember being very scared because I thought the loud music was going to agitate the BP into biting me or something, but once it was in my hand, it just kind of "sniffed" at me for a little bit and it was very calm. I fell in love right then and there, I knew I was going to get one sooner or later. So last year in June, once I finally moved out on my own, the first investment I made was to get a BP. Of course the people around me weren't as excited, but it was awesome to finally have a little BP girl of my own. To see how much she's grown from when she was a hatchling until now is crazy, she used to be able to fit on one palm of my hand, and now she has to wrap herself around my arm because she is too big for both of my hands together. *tear*

What's your BP story?