Because tomorrow is my actual birthday...I plan on spending my day doing a whole lot of playing with my sims. So that means probably having a few birthdays in the timespan of play. What I want to know is how everyone celebrates their sims' birthdays. Do they throw intimate dinner parties? How about a big ole shindig? For me, it depends on how I am playing...if it's legacy style, and it's an heir's birthday, I go all out. If it's just someone else in the family...I just let them age up on their own...without the cake and fanfare. Yeah, I can be mean like that. Tell me...How do you do it? P.S. No gifts please! LOL! :D

I usually just ignore them and let them age up.I'm such a party pooper XD

"GraceyManor;c-16960045" wrote:I usually just ignore them and let them age up.I'm such a party pooper XDLOL :p You are a party pooper! But, that's okay...I am always interested in everyone's style of play. So...I actually kind of think it's funny if they're ignored...sometimes!

I play sims with all kinds of temperaments and socialization patterns within the same game. Some will want and get medium to large sized parties, for others a cake with a few close friends and family members around is plenty. For very large families, I try to schedule such things out so that multiple birthdays of different family members at different age stages can be celebrated at the same time, otherwise even on long age spans it seems like every other day can become cake/party day. Inactives whom I am playing in rotation do not age while not being played (NRaas SP), so I never miss a birthday.I remember early on in my game I had a sim who was pretty much a loner and preferred his own company so I ignored his first in-game birthday and let him age spin on his own. I felt like such a horrible person/player for having done that and still feel guilty about it, so I will never do it again. Even babies to toddlers get some kind of celebration however small. :/ And yet when it's my birthday IRL, I appreciate fond greetings but would really rather be left alone myself. Go figure. But the odds are (five times out of seven) it's going to be a workday for me anyway.Happy birthday, @pisceschick75. :)

Firstly it depends on the age: babies and toddlers are just aged up by me(through MC) when I feel that they can get older now. Children get a birthday cake and eat it together with the family members. Teens get just a cake or they get a party or a sleepover, depending on their characters!Becoming a young adult is celebrated as big as it is possible (without crashing ;) ), mostly at a nice venue like a lounge or a disco. There is no possibility for my loners to avoid the party! IRL I want to be on my own like igazor, (next week I have a few days off :p ) but greetings from my family and friends are strongly appreciated and I´m very disappointed if someone forgets my birthday!

Happy Birthday, @pisceschick75 !I'm with @igazor . Depending on the sim and my mood, I'll have just a cake with the family or throw a big party at a venue. Toddlers and Babies are usually aged up with just a cake. Sometimes, I throw parties when sims achieve some career tracks, an extra prom night or just to have the relatives around. I found that parties are a great way to maintain a great number of sims's relationships at once.

How do you celebrate your sims' birthdays?

jillbg
6 years ago
In my story, when Taïga was a child, she celebrated with her grandmother and the closest family aka Mrs. Brown and then her great Aunt Missy. Then, as a teen, partying got out of hands sometimes...
Amphorasims
6 years ago
"igazor;c-17041794" wrote:

And yet he needs nurturing, hugs, encouragement, birthday cake, help with his homework (even if he can figure it all out on his own) and family game night. And someone to make sure he eats all of his vegetables and cleans his room.

Don't know the backstory, but I feel so sad seeing this. Send the child over to my game and my sims will show him how things work in other settings. :'(

I wouldn’t feel too bad for Orion.
Born with the evil trait, even as a toddler he would get the fiendishly delighted moodlet when his stinky diapers disgusted his family members. :D
SJNorway
New Novice
6 years ago
I am glad this thread is getting some feedback! Our sims have feelings too! Let's not forget their birthdays...mmkay? LOL! Who am I kidding? I always forget lately!
igazor
6 years ago
"Amphora;c-17043339" wrote:
I wouldn’t feel too bad for Orion.
Born with the evil trait, even as a toddler he would get the fiendishly delighted moodlet when his stinky diapers disgusted his family members. :D

My family oriented sims have raised enough children to not let things like that bother them. They would prefer to not be murdered in their sleep by an overly rebellious teen who has perhaps been gently disciplined or otherwise shown where the boundaries of acceptable behavior lie, but that's what locks on the bedroom doors are for.

Hopefully the particular manifestation of his evilness involving diapers is something that he has outgrown by now anyway, but hey whatever makes him happy. :)
Simsersion
6 years ago
Im a simple Sim overlord. I force them to bake a cake, add candles, then blow them out. Mostly for toddlers cause omg so annoying sometimes, especially my last family. They had triplets >.>
AuzzPanda
6 years ago
I wasn't aware that you could throw parties at venues.. How is it done?
Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
I don't celebrate their birthdays. They just age up when I let them. I'm not sure why, but celebrations are just not a priority of mine :/
Stardust1488
New Novice
6 years ago
I put a table in the middle of the room with a cake, get a few people to come around and age up my sims that way. Might actually throw a full on party when they become a Young Adult though
Stardust1488
New Novice
6 years ago
Yeah a party for every birthday is hard, I'm doing that in my current legacy but it might change in the future... there's just too much going on lol

My old pc used to lag as well, it was difficult to have more than 10 sims in the house and with the sims 3 being so buggy I'm sure that makes it more difficult
Dreamprisoner
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
Depends on the sims and their purse. For the humbler families, I might have the husband orchestrate a surprise at-home celebration, and afterwards they go out for a meal.

For the twins of my founder sim (My favourite children. Oops.) I had their initial ageing-up from child to teen at a outdoor venue, and then afterwards they got to party on a yacht.