1. When your mum forces you to "go outside and enjoy your summer holidays".
2. When something important is going on IRL but you're in the middle of getting your Sim to achieve their goals.
3. When bae's sick of hearing you talk about your Sims legacy family.
4. When you realise your Sim is living a better life than you.
5. When you create a Sim version of you and your crush and they fall in love.
6. When you finally remember to eat after putting it off for hours because you were getting your Sims to learn how to cook.
7. When a gamer says, "The Sims is for casual gamers."
8. When you stayed up too late playing the game and you've got a long day of work ahead of you.
9. When you're really invested in your Sims' relationships.
10. When the game crashes and you lose hours of gameplay.
11. When you're at a party wanting to talk about The Sims like...
12. ...and when you overhear a conversation about The Sims and you know you've found your people.
13. When your Sim makes it to level 10 in their career.
14. When you've been playing for so long that you've skipped at least two showers.
15. When you have all these bodily needs but you also need to get back to the game.
16. When you get pins and needles from sitting in one spot for too long while playing the game.
17. When you're reaching for something just out of grasp because you don't want to get up from your computer.
18. When someone tells you that spending all day playing Sims isn't a valid way to live your life.
19. When you plan and you plan but you need more hours in the day to accomplish all your Sims' goals.
20. When you're avoiding all your real-life responsibilities by getting lost in the game.
21. When someone walks into your room unexpectedly after you've been playing for hours, uninterrupted.
22. When you have to go out but all you want to do is go home and play The Sims.
23. When you felt personally betrayed by a Sim's infidelity.
24. When one of your Sims dies unexpectedly.
25. When you felt real life guilt when something bad happened to your Sim.
26. When someone told you it was irrational to cry over the death of your favourite Sim.
27. When you get empty-nest syndrome from having your baby Sims grow up and move out of their family home.
28. When you realise you've spent more money on clothes for your Sim's look than your own.
29. When you caught yourself hoping you'll find someone like your Sim's boo.
30. When you manage to fix a glitch without losing any of your game data.
31. When the game glitches and your entire town is ruined forever.
32. And when you use a cheat to see your Sims naked.
