What would life be like if Sims never existed?

The Sims and Runescape were my go to after my husband passed 13 years ago. It was my escape from grieving, put me in a different world where I didn’t have to think about the real world. If I wasn’t doing stuff with my kids, I was on the computer until I was so tired at night that when I hit the pillow I was asleep. When he was sick I had a gameboy I would play and take with me to the hospital (have a 3DS now that my daughter bought me, played animal crossing, and Minecraft with it, now I have Minecraft for the laptop too). Games were a life saver for me. I have been playing games since Atari came out about 40 years ago. I even remember playing pong with my sister-in-law. As my kids grew, I played games with them, Nintendo mostly through the years and PlayStation. Sims, Sim City, Runescape, Harvest Moon, zoo games and such, Hearts and Spades on the computer or console. When I was a child I loved paper dolls, color forms and Barbies. So The Sims being a game and like playing with dolls was right up my ally. If the Sims hadn’t come out I may have experimented with second life or still be playing runescape. But if the Sims weren’t here I might not even have a gaming laptop today, as I use my phone for so much now. I come on the forums with my cell phone, I don’t know what I would do with out my cell phone now, though I don’t play games on it much anymore.