💡 Ideas > THINGS we want to see in The Sims 4 !!!

I previously contributed to this thread with a long list, but there is one more thing that has been really bothering me lately that I wanted to share here.

Neighborhood Stories seriously needs a fix and a major update. Right now, romantic and friendly relationships just deteriorate completely. Every single one of my unplayed households ends up divorcing, or their friendship bar turns completely red. For instance, I currently have 4 base-game townie families where the friendship bar is fully red, the romance bar is only halfway pink, and they are divorced but still living together, hating each other.

To make it worse, my active Sims keep getting phone notifications about "rings found in bags." Even when I click yes to encourage them, I go check on that household only to find they still hate each other and remain divorced. It is incredibly frustrating to constantly have to use cheats and CAS just to fix this.

This isn't dynamic relationship progression; it’s just inevitable, random deterioration! I understand characters like the Pancakes having marital issues for lore reasons, but this is happening to every single couple indiscriminately.

I eventually had to disable Neighborhood Stories completely because it was just ruining my game, but that's not how it should work! Just as the system can break couples up, it should also be able to form new ones. Just as some Sims decide to stop talking, new friendships should blossom naturally!

I have also created an official bug report for this issue. If you are experiencing this extreme relationship decay and broken notification logic in your game as well, please click "Like" and share your experience here: Neighborhood Stories: Extreme relationship decay and constant divorces | EA Forums - 13662593