-old thread ignore please.

I know I'm a bit late to the game since Sims 3 has been out for a long time, but I've just started playing without cheating to change my sims' motives. Holy crap, this game is hard now! My family has 6 kids - all children now, thankfully - and they sleep until 7am, then go straight to school. Breakfast/bathroom needs happen at school. Mom is at the top of the sports agent career, and dad is at the top of the video game developer career so they don't have to be at work until noon and they alternate days off most days. Whoever stays home cleans the house and makes dinner. Mom is a witch so she also casts restoration ritual before leaving for work. I have the kids in ballet/scouts/whatever after school, so they get home late. There's just enough time to eat dinner and do homework, and maybe do some random fun stuff, before going to bed again.

Playing without cheats makes it harder than it sounds - or maybe its just because I've spent like 10 years maxing out their motives all the time :D I have those little floor hygienator thingies everywhere and that helps a lot, because I definitely wouldn't have time to make everyone shower in the morning. Usually on Sundays, I send everyone to the spa and have mom fix ambrosia. The boost from both of those buffs for the week is super helpful. Their poor little garden has been untouched for a loooooong time though..