What's this about keeping your guitar away from tuners? You need to buy a tuner and keep it close by if you want to keep your guitar in tune, which will make for more enjoyable playing. Don't rely on other people to tune your guitar! True, you will want to learn how to tune by ear at some point, but you still want to know where the low E is. Otherwise, you'll tune to relative pitch and you'll always be too high (usually).

OK, my other advice is: start with an acoustic and then try an electric after you get somewhat good. Otherwise, you may never be able to play an acoustic because it will seem too hard to play. And also, you can bring an acoustic with you to parties and camp-outs and such, and you can practice almost anytime anywhere without worrying about all the technical crap. For instance, when your town is hit by an ice storm and you have no power, you can still jam!

good luck