My Fascination with The Sims 3

I'll admit it.  I have a problem.  I love the Sims franchise.  From the original to the next installment (The Sims Aspirations) I've been the biggest fan.  The game isn't for those who require blood and sport and things of that nature.  It's for control freaks, like myself.  I think the biggest allure for me is that because I rarely have control over the things that happen in my day-to-day life, I can control any and everything that my created characters do.  When it first came out, people were saying that some players were getting a god-complex.  They were living vicariously through their Sims.  Not me, I know the difference between fantasy and reality.  I just like living in fantasyland every now and then.