For me it's been about 15 years, still going strong
OMG that's crazy!! I started when I was 11 and now I'm 18, so only about 7 years!!
It has been 22 years now. discovered yaoi in 1998.
Wow!! Did you have to buy physical copies back then?
Mostly yes. I was introduced to it on a fan website. They wrote fanfiction and produced fanart. Then I attended a convention and purchased some doujinshi. After that I bought full volumes from Japan and a japanese-english dictionary. Sometimes you could find scripts in english of different yaoi books. The world was a VERY different place.
That's really cool. I admire your dedication to yaoi lol. It's crazy how much can change in 2 decades. Now yaoi is accessible to anybody. Thanks for sharing your experience. I wish you well. Stay safe and take care!!
I just realized how many years I've spent reading yaoi and I'm not complaining