FriendlySimmer...hello there, I have only played with one family(until recently, i now have a rotational play just started) and i also turn aging off ...lol maybe because i have to conform to time limitations in real life haha but i did see in the forums where folks mentioned "rotational" play and as i read and saw what that meant it interested me a good deal...I have never felt as though the sims has one way to play ...that is what is so fun about the forums ..getting to see the diversity in the creativity one finds here. I so enjoy listening to the ways folks enjoy the sims.