What do you do with your elders?

@SimplyJen I am trying something different in my current save and my sims have around 50 days total! :o I should probably have less elder days proportionate to the lifespan but I don't like losing my elders too quickly.

Whatever fits their personality.
A workaholic that didn't reach the top of their career yet, which is their LTW? (which is non-existend in my game where sims are YA for 88 days, but whatever, is possible) I let them continue working.
Or, when it's an amazing cook that doesn't have any otherwants than to take care of their family, let them help around in the house (kitchen, mainly) just whatever I think fits. But, honestly, it has been ages since any sim reached that stage, and I mostly move them out. But I plan not to do this time.

What happened to @SimplyJen ? :frowning:

"coco;c-16331017" wrote:
What happened to @SimplyJen ? :frowning:

Good question!

"coco;c-16331017" wrote:
What happened to @SimplyJen ? :frowning:

Oh dear! It must be a mistake! :(

@GITTE2001 I imagine I would have a sim continue to work on their LTW if they hadn't already completed it but most of my sims usually complete them before then. My current save could be different because their lives are so short.

Although I chose leave them to free will it's really a combo with 3 others - live-in help, let them pursue their interests and keep them happy. But it's been a long time since I've played an elder, not because I play on a long life span or no aging, I play on normal, but because my games don't seem to last very long any more. I have so many situations I want to try that my attention gets fixed on some other game idea that I flit off to that. Also there are so many breaks in my Sims 3 game playing - RL intervenes or I get a new computer or I go on a building spree, etc. When I come back to playing Sims 3 I'm usually anticipating trying a new town or EP that I haven't explored yet.

My answer is based on my longest played game ( a legacy challenge that only lasted 5 generations) and the fourth generation heiress Kate Lancaster and her husband Marty (Keaton) Lancaster, who had been a vampire but took the cure right before becoming an elder. It's a good thing my general practice is to have a bedroom downstairs for the elders because those 2 spent so much time in it. I might direct Marty to go jump on the trampoline outside, which he loved to do, and I might leave Kate cooking but next thing I notice is Marty interrupting Kate, flirting and then I hear the woohoo chimes. I gave up directing them to do stuff and left them on their on. They pretty much constantly flirted with each other and ended up woohooing 2 or 3 times every day.

ETA: Recently I have downloaded some retirement homes and want to try out moving my elders to one of those sometime.

@cwaddell I know all about woohooing elders! Leave them to freewill (which I do when I am not fulfilling their wishes) and it's their go-to entertainment ;)

I said other because it depends on the story I'm telling or the save I'm playing if it is not a story save. Some of my elders work for several years after becoming an elder, if they work at all. Many of my families are independently wealthy.

Elder does not mean on the road to death in my games. My elders have very active lives despite their pot bellies and bent over walks that EA gave them. They usually stay in the home and help out in some capacity doing whatever they are good at, gardening, alchemy, cooking, helping with the kids, etc. Some will marry and move out if they don't have a spouse from the beginning of the story.

If they are getting close to death, they move out to the special nursing home (library) Life is sad enough, my game time is not meant to be sad.

Many of my sims are immortal as I play with supernaturals alot so those don't die or become immortal since I don't allow sad things to happen in my games. I do move on to other family members in other towns as part of the progression when I feel I've played them out.

Put an elderly home in my town named after the awesome rest home in the Twilight Zone episode "Kick the can",called Sunnyvale Rest Home.If you know episode in short the guy tells them if they are young at heart they can be young again for real except one crabby old guy thinks they are crazy.Anyway do not want to spoil the episode but in my game I visit it with fountain of youth elixirs from time to time and give one a second chance.

Have sooo many pics of like the elder with his new young wife etc but used a build by @Jessa_Dakkar I added 7 elders from various sim worlds living together having fun.What makes it fun is visiting and making some young again or just hanging out

Ladies heading out it is not a household controlled by me

https://i.imgur.com/kXIG9Bj.png


https://i.imgur.com/D1Yq4lL.png


Rose Rome from BB playing on the computer and Lucky Perkins from LP just ran outside

https://i.imgur.com/BoaStXU.png


My sim was visiting the lot and shortly after this was inspired by the cuteness of their love and threw a FOY elixir at her and was so cute they were so in love.She was young and beautiful again,these are the Monty's from Monte Vista btw

https://i.imgur.com/fuLRTUy.png


I do have pics of all this stuff but do not want to blow up the thread.In short make a retirement home in your town fill it with your fave elders and from time to time make some young again.Will try to find the link to Jessa's lot it is really cute


Here is the original Kick The Can episode (Awesome story!!!!!!!) you will love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkpw9YQPjo


There is a newer version too in color and modern but same story both are excellent. :heart: