@igazor I can't play Elspet or she might meet an early demise. If I could make her a mute I could probably just tolerate her but then something else would annoy me and she would have to die. I do, however, like the idea of playing the two boys for a while and peeling off one of the families later!
@SimplyJen I am terrible at sharing my sims but I will upload her simfile later and PM you a link :)
The short life span has been super fun. I played normal most of my simming life but changed to a modified long span just over a year ago. That was fun too but too long for me to see many generations. The only drawback of the short lifespan is that I spend over an hour each game session making over sims in town because birthdays come thick and fast!