Do you treat your characters as if they were "real"?

Hmm, somewhat yes. I got Manjula because I didn't like the thought of Apu having to take care of the octuplets all on his own. I mean, I'd always see him walking around feeding them and he looked so tired. :P

I don't really like it when families aren't complete, especially when kids don't have their moms. That's the reason I bought Luann.