@SimGirl_Ti you bring up a good point.🙂 Even if you are just trying to be friends with someone, a friend would know if the other person has a boyfriend/girlfriend or not!
(However, I only ask this in my game if I think my Sim would like to date that person, but maybe that is just how I tend to play. 😊 ) While I don't think they would go through the trouble of making 2 types of questions like this (Ask if Single - Romantic, and Ask if Single - Friendly), having both would be ideal. Also, they do have 2 types of hugs if you have the Parenthood GP.
Sometimes I ask a sim if they are single because I want to use the interaction "ask to hook up with", really awkward later when I find out they already were involved with someone else.
A romantic version that did give a little bit of romance, could be worded differently?
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@SimGirl_Ti Yes! There have been many times I wanted my sim to ask this without gaining any romance. What if the answer is no? Then my sim has romance with someone who's in a relationship! So annoying.
@MarleyTheWizard I love the idea of having the different options you mentioned.
@PugLove888 I think there are three "hugs" if you have Parenthood. There's the friendly "hug", the romantic "embrace" and the Parenthood "hug lovingly". Although, I think "hug lovingly" might be reserved for family members?
@JonaO703 , I was only counting the non-romantic hugs because even though the issue we are discussing is romantic, I was trying to compare it to hugs that are very similar to each other, yet still exist in the game. I thought about including the romantic embrace, but I was trying to simplify my reply, since a romantic hug is a different type of hug -- though now reading your reply, I think it better illustrates the point I was trying to make! 😅 Thanks for bringing it up! 😉
