How did you get started playing The Sims?

I didn't play much on the computer when my brother said 'hey, I found this game. I'm not interested but it's something for you'. That game was the sims (now known as sims 1). This must have been close to the release of the game. A few weeks later I was in a store and saw that there was one (!) expansion available. The rest wasn't released yet. I liked it but got really hooked with the making magic EP. 

For sims 2 I was there from start to finish. I bought the game at release. I got every EP at release, created some CC. I played regularly, almost daily until sims 3 was around. 

I didn't get sims 3 at launch and then I had a long break for about a decade due to real life situations. When I returned to playing I had to decide if I should go for sims 3 or 4. I got sims3 it at a discount beck I thought the older of the two would be cheaper and less demanding on my pc.  Sims3 never felt quite right for me personally and shortly afterwards I switched to sims 4 when I learned finally added . I haven't stopped playing since.