The Sims 2 was a game played in my house by my cousin and mother. We only had the base game, no expansion packs. My cousin told my mother about all the families in each town/neighborhood. When my mom saw one of the base game families, she was flipping out and saying she didn't want to play them and she asked my cousin if she had to keep them in the game. My cousin explained to my mother that you could create a whole different set of sims and that you don't have to play the base game sims. My mom decided she would take matters into her own hands and went to Veronaville to create a new family. I was almost four watching her side by side playing the game each day. My cousin asked her what family are you going to make and my mom said our family. She created me, my brother, dad, and of course, her. It was a good family, as she was just a beginner. Soon after a few months, she didn't need my cousins help anymore. She always went to Mod The Sims or to here for all her downloads. When I had just started kidnegarten, I remember seeing her sit on the computer playing the game. I had a computer in my room that she used whenever my dad was on the other one. She used to play my game. I had created myself, it looked nothing like me, and I got her a job in the medical career. I didn't know the boolProp cheat, but my mom knew only two cheats at the time and I believe she still does. My sim had died in a fire, but by accident, I am not a sim murderer. My mom told me to not save my game and everything would be fine. I did what I was told and went to bed. Little did I know, she used motherlode and gave me 50,000 simoleans. She stayed up all night fixing my house that I made and fixed my sim's appearance. She then got my sim a job in the business career and got me two promotions. She made my sim get three best friends and another promotion and then saved the game and quit. When I got out of school the next day, I did my homework and went straight to the computer and saw what my mom had done for me. I thanked her a million times and gave her a big hug. I was like maybe five at the time, but I started loving the sims when I was four. Ever since now, I have always been playing the sims 2 and telling all my friends about it. I almost have all the expansion packs except for one. I will always love the sims, and this is how I found out about The Sims 2.