my dear qwepir, you don't have to force yourself to like ponies, you've liked them all along! they've been in your heart the whole time...
I skipped 1 and 2.
3 immediately happened.
same
I guess. I figure if I hang out around "brony" servers and post in this thread so much, I might as well force myself to like the show.
If it is Stage 3 it's sure taken a while.
I browsed pony threads more and more on /co/ for a long, long time before I got into it