I've pretty much always been fascinated with balloons to some degree. When I was a kid, I always thought balloons looked pretty and fun, but they also kinda scared me. I was a very nervous kid, and I HATED sudden loud noises. I was always very uncomfortable when balloons were around because I knew someone nearby was eventually gonna pop one and startle the shit out of me. This anxiety persisted into my teenage years, and I even still have a degree of it to this day.
As for when I started to like balloons, well: