I have some throuples in some of my games. I even have a post about how to get polyamory to work here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/make-poly-relationships/m-p/10443449#M50356
I actually really like the new Loyal trait, because while I do play with polyamorous couples, I almost never play with infidelity. (I had an evil, noncommittal Sim have an affair with Don Lothario for a storyline, and I have played Black Widow, mainly because it was out of character for me and I wanted to break out of a rut.) But it would be nice to have some poly rep in the game, I agree. Poly acceptance is lagging behind LGBTQIA acceptance in society in general and the game in particular.
(That said, I was thrilled to have Ace visibility in the sexual orientation update, since my bestie is Ace. Also Aro rep. In general, I really like the sexual orientation settings, guys! But I agree that more poly rep would be nice.)
So the MCCC trait prevents the "Loyal Sims don't cheat" bit of the trait? That's great! I was worried I'd have to download more mods to get a Loyal trait that didn't interfere with poly couples.
I honestly don't know if the loyal trait prevents poly couples or not. I haven't tried it with them. Sorry, my post had an unclear referent in it. ☹️
I edited to make it clearer.
Oh, no problem! I could try to play test later. Still, though, not a great solution for people who can't use mods like console players.
So I play tested the loyal trait using both MCCC for no jealousy and Lumpinou's polyamory mod. I was eventually able to get romance bars with the loyal Sim and both partners but he ended up with a 2-day tense moodlet from cheating that would refresh every time he'd romance the second partner as well as social options to "confess cheating" to his first partner.
Alas, but that's good to know. I'll be sure to avoid that trait for any of my poly Sims. Thanks for testing this out!
(And yes, I absolutely see your point about how equating monogamous with loyal is not exactly presenting polyamory in the best possible light!)
