I've been a Sox fan since the late 90's I guess. I mean I was a plain baseball fan growing up, one side of my family liking the Red Sox, the other side liking the Yankees, the first team I liked was the 1998 Mariners, but I was a Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr. fan. I'd say I started liking the Sox in the late 1990's, probably 1998-1999, so when I was 10-11. I went to Fenway Park that year (my first baseball game) and it was sweet. I didn't start hating the Yankees until 2001, but I've been a Sox fan since the late 90's.
And the "breaking my hand on my computer" incident I alluded to in my previous post happened in 2003. I don't think I need to elaborate further.