Please use this thread going forward: (Group) Conversation leads to inappropriate love interest | EA Forums - 5011083
@jwilson3401 My condolences on getting this bug. ☹️
First, since you've never used mods or CC, please send your save to the team, if you're comfortable doing so. The request for saves is here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Group-Conversation-leads-to-inappropriate-love/m-p/9961262#M171586
Secondly, to get rid of it... if you don't mind a zeroed out romance bar (ew) you can use the friendly interaction Ask To Just Be Friends. I've never seen it negatively impact their friendship. If that's too icky and you have a previous save before this happened, you can "roll back," or use a mod like MCCC to delete and recreate their friendship.
As I said above in thread, there's a mod that seems to help me under the Hero-Approved mods post, if you're willing to use it. It's listed as being for Discover University roommates. It won't make the romance bar go away, though.
Heartbreakingly, despite the Roommate Behaviors Checking Valid Ages mod...
After having so many issues on the Akiyama lot (5-3-1 Shinrinyoku), I downloaded the house I originally had this issue in from my library and moved the family into it.
HOORAY!!! My Sims are no longer dropping their queues constantly!!!
BOO! My child now has a romance bar with her stepfather.
There was no serenading involved; I've used MC Tuner to forbid Serenading and have turned off random flirting. I think my lot is just cursed. Maybe I should just delete it off the gallery and save other players the heartache. ☹️
Brand new save, same house, I think they were sitting outside eating breakfast and chatting, I didn't see what was said but I saw that it was an "awkward encounter."
I used UI Cheats to zero out the romance bar and moved them to a new lot.
