Lol I can see myself thinking the same thing about the career book.

For a while I thought that my gate was jammed shut and I need to fix it and open it like the shed or something.. I assumed that if it were open, they'd be able to go out and visit friends or have friends come over I guess the teens get their social kick out of chatting online! Sounds like someone I know

What a fun thread, Lyssaria. Some of the 'first time' actions had me laughing aloud.
I first tried the 60 minute freebie and gave up because I thought the kitchen was on fire and nothing I did would put it
out. Now, seasoned player that I am :), realize it is the steam
rising from the stove and plates.
That almost caused me not to give VF another chance, but thanks
to Shockwave I did. And then bought from LDW...they deserve the
dollars!
And when I read the description of game play I, too, thought we would be able to exchange e-mails with our peeps. Obviously was sure that the LDW developers were super-human technos.

Lol! I get paranoid about that steam coming off of the food too! I once thought my garbage can caught on fire because of the plate near it.

By coincidence both my first-ever peeps had jobs involving working in the office. I didn't realise there was anywhere else they could work, and when the second generation had jobs based in the kitchen or workshop I was puzzled when they wouldn't work.

I managed to have office workers for the first three generations so you could imagine my surprise to find kitchen and workshop careers after that.. I already thought I was an expert of the game!

That must've been really frustrating though, thinking they would not work!

When I first started playing I thought that I could use the red glove on the cat to make him stop scratching the couch
I thought that when the tutorial said "they're trying to make a baby, they will have privacy" I was supposed to close the game, which I did... surprise, no baby
I worried that if I punished a mother with a baby, the baby would be punished too, so I never punished a mother with a baby... i still don't :P
I thought that it was weird when they were "admiring the magic fish" when they had no fishtank XD (it turned out to be a painting)

Lol! VFMF, I loved the bit about the privacy I can definitely understand that It certainly isn't too private with us looking on.

I thought my game was broken because once the kids were age 14, i couldnt figure out why they wouldnt work somewhere. (didnt relize only the adults worked)
I bought all the career magizines and gave them to my peeps to read, regardless of their occupation because i was hoping they would become skilled in more then one area
couldnt figure out why my peeps were so hungry since there were 5 spaces of grocerys sitting in my toolbar. i didnt relize i actually had to give them the grocerys lol

Lol, when I first saw the career magazines I didn't know I was supposed to use them on our peeps I'd try to put it on their magazine stash on the table.

Same thing with the movies, I'd use them on the TV! I even looked for a DVD player or VCR to try clicking on next.

that imported candy gives my peeps instant stomachaches! Horrifying to see them clutch their stomachs and sit down suddenly from your trying to praise them.