How did you discover The Cure

My older brother and sister had bought Cure records since the Killing An Arab single came out! So I basically grew up listening to them and a bunch of awesome early 80s alternative bands... It wasn't till 1985 when I was 10 years old that I REALLY began my obsession! My neighbor and I even used our Barbies to play like we were going to shows n stuff and getting backstage passes! lol I wonder if she still remembers any of that! lol Wonderful cherished memories that's for sure!

That's nice story. I share a lot of similarities. In my case it was better/easier, for, although I lived mainly in ex-Yugoslavia, every year I spent my summer with parents in West Germany. And beside of that, Yugoslavia was pretty much free and reach country in comparison with other countries from Eastern Europe during 1980's. In Germany I was in position to "engage" "Lovecats" for the first time in 1987. Thanks to "KMKMKM" I was already hooked even before "Disintegration"-mania in Germany, that stroke so hard during the summer of 1989.
Where are you from? Hope it's not too much to ask.  

My younger sister got Standing on a beach (yes, the vinyl version) for her birthday as a present from some friends and I made a copy of that album on cassette for my car cassette player to keep me entertained on my way to school. I got into a big, big traffic jam and had lots of time to listen to "The lovecats" again and again and again. I loved that song!

A few weeks later my sister went away on a short vacation and came home with a copy of the "Boys don't dry" LP and on the same day I came home from shopping proudly showing her the new album "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me". That was the day when we both became fans.

Long, long ago, long ago, long ago ...

Wait, why have I never written here?!   This is going to be a very melodramatic piece, you have been warned!

Everything started three - four years ago. My best friend (well, let's call him best friend.... mmmm long story! Anyway, a person I have a very weird relationship with) had this urge to force me to listen to random songs that he liked... at that time he had just discovered the whole Cure discography hidden in his house. He was sooo enthusiastic about it... I can't remember exactly which song was the very first, but I'm sure that the first two to catch my attention were The End Of The World and Just Like Heaven. He also made me listen to Friday I'm In Love, Lovesong, and (of course) Pictures Of You. At the time I wasn't a lot into music, I was very "lazy" in that sense. I listened only to my mom's tapes, 90% italian singers, mostly because I couldn't understand spoken english yet. BUT these songs... they had something that I couldn't understand, and it was beyond the lyrics. So I put The End Of The World and Just Like Heaven on my iPod, and listened to them every now and then. I was still very unsure about them though... I had almost forgotten them, and then, right after my final high school exams in 2012, I saw the Heineken Jammin' Festival advertising on a bus, and I remembered. I went home, and I don't know why, but I googled them, and then I googled Robert, and I still laugh when I think about my first reaction when I saw him ... he looked so weird to me, a little girl who had never seen something like men in make up before, I didn't even know what "punk" was, and I couldn't help but laugh for two minutes straight. And now he's my biggest crush ever   ...
I spent the summer looking through youtube to give them a serious chance... I started with Last Dance, The Figurehead, The Hanging Garden, The Walk. Every new song added to my iPod was a beautiful surprise. I also started collecting Robert pics, watching videos... I didn't even realize I was becoming addicted, everything happened soooo naturally!    But I was still missing something. I couldn't understand most of Disintegration, I couldn't stand most of the longest songs, ecc.
Then at the end of August I started feeling very miserable. A lot of things were getting worse in my life, I had never faced something like that so I started loosing weight and drowning myself in apathy. One particular afternoon I was alone at home and I don't know why, I went on the balcony, put on my headphones and listened to Disintegration (the whole album), and then Faith. I really listened  to them for the first time. At "catch me if I fall, I'm losing hold..." I started crying like a baby, and I cried and cried until the end. Then I fell asleep, and when I woke up I swear I was another person. I reacted to all my fears and tried to start again   

...and today I'm a very addicted and (almost) happy Curefan   

(Sorry, it's been a long day and I wanted to relax a little  )

Thank you   It's a bit personal, but I know I can trust Curefans   

I was a bit worried about the length... when I finished it I thought "oh my god, they'll throw stones at me!" 

Thank you   You're right, that's one of the 1829199 reasons why I love them 

Awwh nice to know I didn't bore anyone! Thank you