I just wanted to reiterate this: If I don't romance my partner every single day, their romance goes down. I go to sleep with them very satisfied, but just sleeping through the night and going to work immediately deteriorates it. Also, I think all interactions (not just romantic) should work. I had them play chess, but this does nothing for the romance satisfaction.
Side note: having more sentiments for group or partner activities, such as chess, working out, karaoke, basketball, etc., would be nice. Similar to "cooking together."
This is why I can only play this game with cheats enabled lol.
I think you can get those activities to work towards romance if you set a date. So instead of just going to a bar to play karaoke together (as friends do), you could set a bar date. They get to date and work on their romance and sing karaoke at the same time.
I think the romance bar going down too fast is a bug, or maybe sims aren't compatible enough. I played a newly created sim couple when Lovestruck was released and that relationship didn't seem to deteriorate as fast as the one for a new sim couple I am currently playing. They woohooed a lot but still had time to pursue other interests and skills.
my thought exactly, like even if those other activities don't improve the romantic relationship as much it should contribute some. Like quality time and shared activities improve the health of a relationship irl
