Always so happy to read your post and I can feel your joy! So happy for you! Ps. My love also started with HM:BtN :)
Oh yes, totally, same!! ^^' I was the only one playing Harvest Moon those days in my group of friends... Fun thing was, when I first borrowed the game from a friend's friend, he told me that it's "girl's game where you have a farm" and said that we did not like it, and "my sister play this". I was somehow intrigued by the "farm" and immediately said I wanted to borrow it xD It was love from first sight...I swear.