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

I've only played the Sims 4 since last year. I was never really interested in it before, but then the base game was $5 and I was bored one day. Then I discovered you could mod this game pretty easily. That intrigued me and I also loved the story element and the challenges people would post. I enjoy games where you can create or add content or just play differently for different challenges.