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

Man, it always baffles me how much % of this community started in 2000. That's absolutely wild. I hardly even knew it existed until like.. 2008, honestly. And I was only 4 in 2000, AND the eldest child. My parents would NEVER. I was still playing toddler games at the time!

Anyway, I got The Sims 3 shortly after its launch in 2009. Somehow I feel like a newbie here due to this, but come on! That is still 12 years.....