I have always enjoyed playing around with all kinds of musical instruments, but I did not really fall in love with the guitar until I started dating my new boyfriend.  He is a very gifted guitarist and he inspired an interest in the instrument for me as well.  He told me that I should get started slowly by using some really helpful info he found for me on the web: A site with ten good guitar tips.  I found the site and did some reading there, and I was really impressed.  It made this easy and fun, and those are good ways to keep me interested.