[BETA] The Sims 4 History Challenge (2.0)

"EdieArcher;c-17118184" wrote:
I have a question regarding the marriage restrictions of each Era. Since the Early Civilisation Era begins when the Ancestors' grandchild is born, but marriage is forbidden as part of the Prehistoric Times Era, wouldn't the grandchild's birth violate the marriage restriction of the Early Civilisation Era as their parents weren't married when the Early Civilisation Era began?
In essence, when does the marriage restrictions rule begin? Does it apply to the Prehistoric Times parent the moment their child is born, or does it only apply to those born during the Early Civilisation Era? (I'm only using these two Eras as that's the farthest I've gotten.) In the former case, we've got a rule violation, in the latter case we've got a Prehistoric Times rule applying to Sims during the Early Civilisation.

At least the way I've always played it, my Ancestors are mates--meaning they're just as devoted to each other as spouses would be, but have no concept of a legally binding union. Their kids, however, would be growing up in the end of the stone age while living their adult lives in early civilization. I usually will marry my gen 1 heir and mate (the ones who have the baby that brings about the new era) at some point after the new era starts. If I'm feeling like it, I'll marry my Ancestors as well, but at that point they probably don't have all that much longer to live anyway.

Since there are no hard and fast rules saying that parents HAVE to be married before having kids, there's no real rule violation here. And even if you were applying a suggested rule for cheating women/bastard children, these kids wouldn't really be falling under those rules since they were technically born in a different time, with different rules.

Interesting thoughts, though!