and when did you become a fan?
I remember my Dad watching the Giants games in the '60s on his B& W TV. He'd kick my brother and I out of the room if we were too loud or we fought so he could suffer in silence. He took us to a training camp practice once. He had a fraternity brother whose father was a security guard so we got down on the field to meet some players. I didn't become a fanatic myself until the late '70s.
He took my mom on their first formal date to Cleveland game in 1958 , the one where Summerall kicked the long FG in the snow.
Grand fathers started this thing...going to games since the Giants started in the 20's
Took me to my first game in 78' still have the program. wrote all scores on the schedule for that year.(I was 7)
We have now added my 8 yr old son to the fraternity.
Flew my dad into St Louis from Colorado so the 3 of us could road trip from St. Louis to Indy to see a preseason game(2014).
Giants came back down 21 points my son has been sucked in ever since.
Poor kid...
Being fans of football in general, my parents watched both teams each week. When I started to pay attention at age 5 or 6, I just decided I liked the Giants more. This was around 1984-85 which, of course, is right when Parcells started to make them a contender. I was devastated when they lost to the Bears in the 85 playoffs. I think shortly thereafter that I broke the news to my family that I was "officially" a fan of Big Blue.
Right before the 1986 season, my mother bet me a dollar that the Jets would have a better season than the Giants. We even wrote it down to make it official. We all know how that turned out. I still have that piece of paper somewhere.