OH EM GEE

Oh my freaking god! I nearly died. I went to start my sims and it WOULDN'T EFFING START!!! I'd click on the icon on my desktop and it would pop up with the launcher (basically a fancy button that says which expansion/stuff packs you have and where you press play to start the game) but after I pressed play the game wouldn't start, the little hour glass would pop up for about 10 seconds and then nothing. I spent a good four hours freaking out and browsing the shit out of the internet then I finally stumbled upon a thread with tons of people complaining about the SAME problem! I scrolled down to the end after reading a few other suggestions and trying them without any results and the thread ended with a final suggestion and a single post that said something along the lines of "OMG THANK YOU THIS WORKED!! I COULD HUG YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!!111" and I can see why they typed that now. IT DID WORK! So my sims are back up and running, thankfully, and I'm sure I'll be spending the entire day tomorrow playing.