21 Things You Know If You're Slightly Obsessed With The Sims

    "Sorry I can't come out, Bob and Betty need me."

    1. Your Sim families are very important to you.

    2. And you want them to lead the best lives possible.

    3. Or perhaps the worst, depending on what kind of person you are.

    4. You definitely have families that are excessively talented.

    5. And you're all about fulfilling their needs and life goals.

    6. Every time they acquire a new skill, you feel like you've also succeeded.

    7. And every time they get promoted you feel like a proud mumma.

    8. You often throw them the lavish parties that you'd never be able to afford in real life.

    9. And you build them ridiculous houses and basically live out all your rich fantasies.

    10. Though sometimes you make them work from the bottom up, just so they can experience "real life".

    11. But of course if you made yourself in Sim form, you'd always make sure you were ridiculously well-off... and married to your crush.

    12. You've been known to experiment with the different playing styles, from huge family trees...

    13. ...to creating a haunted house...

    14. ...or having an alien baby.

    15. You still remember the old days when the original Sims was released and Bob and Betty were the neighbourhood faves.

    16. And all the fancy new changes Sims 2* brought with it.

    17. Oh, and of course the introduction of WooHoo-ing.

    18. You often wish cheat codes could be used IRL.

    19. Or at least the ability to be able to fast forward the boring stages of your life.

    20. There have been times you've potentially ditched IRL social gatherings to work on your Sims' social lives.

    21. But at the end of the day, it's gratifying to know if you're not overly successful... well at least your Sims are.