Ryala
My fiance asked me to buy him WoW and chances are he'll want me to play too. So I'll need to decide on a server. I want to play a night elf but I know he'll pick one of the evil guys >_<
That was EXACTLY my problem. All of my male friends went horde and all of their wives/girlfriends were all "can't we be pretty??!" Undead are the prettiest of the horde females imo...but there are some not so bad trolls. Orc women are just ugly as hell but they can dance like you wouldn't believe ;)
You'll just have to compromise. If it's an evil night play on Tichondrius (with me *cough*). If it's a good night, play on Laughing Skull (with me *cough*). It's not like EQ2 where the time investment to get to level 20 is such that you never want to try to play anything else. And honestly, you'll want to try to see all the zones...the areas are so beautiful. I can't stress enough that it's a mistake to think of WoW in terms of EQ or EQ2...its' simply not the same. Try a few different types of characters and then decide what suits you best.
There is the one thing about PVP though...whatever side you choose first, you tend to get attached to..at least for me. So even when I'm playing Alliance, and I see a bunch of horde ganking some alliance newb, I cheer inside...cause I've been killed by Alliance enough to wish their whole team harm.