User blog comment:Lost Labyrinth/How did you first wind up playing The Sims?/@comment-4938487-20120318223920

My mother was addicted to the first Sims game. When I was younger I would watch her play it but either I didn't have an interest in playing or she wouldn't let me play (I cannot remember which). A few years later, my father got her a birthday present. It was The Sims 1 for the PS2 console. She was not as interested in the Playstation version as she was in the PC one, so she didn't play it very often. She was also working more, so she didn't play the game as much as she did before. However, I played the game (on PS2) all day while she was at work. I remember that I wasn't very good at all. A year passed before the disk scratched and I couldn't play anymore. We had a different computer so I couldn't play on the PC. A few MORE years passed and I was with my mom in Target. We were walking by the game section and my mom stopped me. She said, "LOOK! LOOK!" and her finger was pointing towards The Sims 2 Double Deluxe. We bought it that day and took turns playing it. A month or so later we lost the disk and couldn't play it. Two years later, on Christmas, my mother got something for me. It was another copy of The Sims 2 Double Deluxe. And I have been playing that copy to this day. Thanks Mom.