So your a FinFan?

So how did you become a Dolphins fan?
My dad was in the Air Force and stationed at Avon Park, FL. It was the 1972-1973 season and although he kind of followed the Dolphins because it was the local team, he was still more of a Bears fan having grown up in Illinois. The Dolphins were undefeated and in the playoffs, yet everytime he'd talk to the manager of the trailer park they were living in, the guy always had something negative to say about the Dolphin's.
So the Dolphin's were headed to the Superbowl and the manger was again running his mouth that there was no way the Dolphins were going to win. In his moronic rambling the guy bet my dad $5 that the Dolphins would lose in the Superbowl.
My twin brother and I had just been born and my parents didn't have two nickels to rub together, so $5 was a lot of money. More out of contempt for the manager, than being a faithful fan, my dad took the bet.
Of course the Dolphins won that game and my dad has been a Dolphins fan since. They used the $5 to buy milk and bread.
A few years later we were now stationed in Italy. It was 1984 or so and we didn't have American TV broadcasting at the villa our parents rented outside of a small Italian town. My dad would take us to the base on Sunday evenings when the Dolphins games were going to be televised. Yeah, we usually fell asleep since it was relatively late due to time change, but I still fondly remember watching those games with my dad and brothers. It was a treat, something special.
Throughout the years I have some specific and some faint memories of my dad and the Dolphins games. I remember him going to the base to watch the Superbowl vs the 49ers. It was too late for us and we had school the next day. I was waiting for the bus when I found out the 49ers had won that game. I remember watching Marino and the Mark's brothers. The Monday night game vs the Chargers during a visit to my grandparents house. And the list goes on...
So over the years, I became a Dolphins fan as well and I'm glad I did. It is something extraordinary to be able to share the passion I have gained for the Dolphins with my father. We watch every game we can together. If there is news about the team, we are on the phone talking about it. So although our beloved team has had a few down years, I am not deterred. They will always be something more to me than just another NFL team.