Neighborhood Stories : Jealousy and Romantic Rivalry. For example Dina Caliente could become the rival of Bella Goth and try to seduce Mortimer, Bella would fight back. The player could decide to support one of them or stay out of this conflict.
Jealousy isn't about breaking up as quickly as possible, it's refusing to share with others and being possessive so the gameplay could focus on spying the partner and doing protective actions to keep others away (Jealous aura).
Romantic Rivalry isn't a new type of relationship, it's a goal to reach. Two friends could fight over a partner without damaging their friendship, it's competition.
Romantic Secrets : These secrets that could attract or repel any partner, they could be used to blackmail a rival (forced to break up) or be revealed to the partner with the risk to get an unexpected reaction (the partner could love the rival even more after that).

It could be an opportunity for humor, I mean what crazy things could the sims do for love ? Sabotage date (partner + rival) (Voodoo doll ???), spy partner, do something very romantic to gain the partner loyalty, train a cowplant to scare the rivals.

Miataplay
Legend
9 months ago
I like the idea of hiring a private investigator in the police career to spy on a sims partner or love interest. So delightfully evil.
sailorleontine
Seasoned Ace
9 months ago
Omg yes i love this idea as the complete opposite of Lovestruck
I was so dissapointed your idea didn't come with the Lovestruck pack
I had some ideas awhile back before Lovestruck came out
Maybe add a bad aspiration called like *making others lives miserable* or something
And *breaking the friendship up* because it often costs its friendship if you see your friend cheating on you with your boyfriend or girlfriend
Similair to "Villainous Valentine" but not exactly alike
And *making everyone jealous* whatever it's something only you have or stealing others love or friendship or even some items (especially since burglars are in basegame, maybe we can add a burglar career...an active career to be exact, similair to Grim Reaper career so you can be the burglar instead)
We need a personality trait that's kleptomaniac and Nosy combined like maybe *Sneaky* or *Secretive/Mysterious* so you can break things and stealing the furnitures combined
An another one like *chaotic* so you get a happy moodlet if you steal things away whatever it's as a couple or as just friends or stealing furnitures but you get a angry moodlet if you didn't destroyed something for awhile
Maybe even a "cheater" so you tend to cheat the others on purpose but if you haven't done that for awhile you get a uncomfortable moodlet
And if they have the burglar alarm you get arrested by a cop so you either get a angry/furious or embarassed moodlet if you work as a burglar as an active career
And instead of having the call if a sim should fall in love, we also at times have calls like *he/she's cheating on me, what should i do?* Which gives you 3 options
*break up with him/her* *give him/her another chance* and *i don't know, it's up to you*
So this way we get the opposite calls at times
The rivalry neighbourhood stories can be added as basegame (it doesn't have to be related to love)
But everything else you mentioned should be in a game pack indeed
It can complement with "Growing Together" very well because it has a personality traits category you like and you dislikes them Except it goes deeper than that
- sailorleontine
  Seasoned Ace
  9 months ago
  you know what😁? i just create this version in hope the team sees this👍 (including your ideas)