Well, I knew about chinchillas since I was in love with the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" as a kid and once had looked up pictures of totoro and there was a picture of a chinchilla there. After that I always kind of wanted one.
It wasn't until I was in college and got my own apartment that I got one. My apartment didn't allow dogs and I wanted a pet that interacts with you so I asked about chinchillas. My landlord said so long as they're caged that it would be okay.
So I got Chibi, my standard, from a friend of my mom's. She was bred from petstore chins, but she's also my nicest.
After a couple months, I got Mei, my beige, as a friend for Chibi, but Chibi didn't like Mei..
Well then later I ended up getting two more, Kona a black velvet, and MuShu a mosaic who came from Peggy. So here I am with 4 chins.
I still have Chibi, she's only 2 years old, will be 3 in May.
I want more, but moved back in with my parents, so I'm having to wait for that..