They REALLY need to add a step-parent relationship...

I agree and in todays world it seems very odd that this hasn't been done.

"JasonPogo;d-921237" wrote:
So I know they show up in the family tree. But ingame your stepparent is just a roommate living in the same house as you. There is no special relationship flag. And when the kids Age up they can date marry or hook up with said step parent.

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

I don't understand why most of the relationships show up in the family tree over live mode either! However, you technically aren't related to a step sibling or parent so it makes sense that it's a possibility. I have certain storylines that could call for that. I play my game like a soap opera!

"alan650111;c-15880580" wrote:

"JasonPogo;d-921237" wrote:
So I know they show up in the family tree. But ingame your stepparent is just a roommate living in the same house as you. There is no special relationship flag. And when the kids Age up they can date marry or hook up with said step parent.

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

I don't understand why most of the relationships show up in the family tree over live mode either! However, you technically aren't related to a step sibling or parent so it makes sense that it's a possibility. I have certain storylines that could call for that. I play my game like a soap opera!

It would be nice to have the option. Some stories would call for romantic relationships between step family members, but it would also be nice to acknowledge blended families.

I think this would be a nice addition as well as "in-laws".

At least as an option where you can edit the relationship in the drop down. That way people who want to see that status change, myself included, can while people who prefer to have it the way it's currently set up also have the option.

Idk if this would affect their adult relationships, but with parenthood (I believe) they can assign other adults in the house as a caregiver which gives them a more parental relationship. It's not exactly step-parent, but it's something.

"JasonPogo;d-921237" wrote:

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

So because you don't like it, it is automatically sad and creepy and no one should be allowed to play that way? Sure, seems fair.

You would think they would add this, being 2017. They have the different genders thing so why not something as simple as step-parents?

I would like to have both step-parents and godparents in the game.

I too wish it would show case more complicated family relationships. The fact that a person can raise a child, from a child to an adult, as a parent (with all the same love and care) and still be labeled as nothing more than a roommate is very sad, and doesn't give us the chance to show off the more complex family dynamics of real life. I had one sim marry his fiance after she adopted two babies. The children weren't considered his in any way, but he ended up raising them as his own (becoming best friends with the adopted son and not his own flesh and blood younger son), but he was just a roommate in the end. That didn't seem to match as well. The parenthood pack helped a little with making them feel like a family though, but still they were technically roommates.