What year did you start playing your first The Sims game?

I think it was some time in 2001, my daughter was 10 years old and she was sitting on her computer playing this game that one of her friends let her borrow for the weekend. I sat down next to her and watched her play this cool "life" game called The Sims. I was hooked immediately. The next day, I ran out and bought two copies of the game, one for her computer and one for mine.

And the rest, as they say, is history. :)