I've been a fan of Mariah since 1997/1998 from thinking she was hot in Honey, then getting the My All/Breakdown single and Butterfly. I was like 5 or 6 then. 

 After that I didn't really pay attention to her again. I saw "Glitter" in stores and wanted to buy it. 

 Then TEOM happened and I liked the singles. I didn't really start stanning until 2007 when I heard "Emotions" and found I could hit whistle notes then. 

 Then I became obsessed and here we are.  It's cool that you guys are so young and fans though.