Are parents, divorced, relevant in your game?

I like divorces because I like mixing sims and making blended families. I just started using the household manger tool to transfer the kids between houses and collect child support.

I've had my Sims divorce before! I have no problem with Sims divorcing. I find that it makes their stories interesting since it adds in some drama, so I will do it sometimes.

I've played the Sims since 2005. Sims2, Sims3 and now Sims4. I can count on ONE hand how many divorces have occurred in my game. And the first one was simply out of curiosity as to how the game would handle it. And then, only when the Dad came home from work and I found him out on the back patio getting a tad too friendly with the Vulcan Nanny. :open_mouth: In Sims2, the spouses had radar, or something, able to discern their spouse was being unfaithful through the walls, without actually seeing any wrongdoing. The wife divorced him toot-sweet. But all five of the children cried and cried and cried and cried … well, you get the picture. They were inconsolable. I nixed that game and started all over.

Since then, I keep my married couples together. Mind you, if a partner girlfriend/boyfriend strays while they're in the dating phase or even if they openly flirt after they're engaged, that terminates the relationship. I don't mess around. LOL I put one Sim I created in CAS specifically for the same Erik I'm currently playing in this iteration of the Sims, in the BIN for cheating on him, or at least flirting with his only brother-in-law in front of the entire family on Gift-Giving Day. Poor Erik was understandably humiliated, but it was good he found out about her wanton ways prior to taking that walk down the aisle. To this day, she's still in the BIN.

If a divorce were to occur for valid reasons, if children are involved, they would be relevant. One must think of the child and their well-being. I come from a long-line of long marriages. My maternal grandparents were married over 50 years prior to Grandpa passing away. My parents over 50 years, prior to my Dad passing away. Hubby and I will celebrate our 47th anniversary this year. Suffer me to say, I believe in the sanctity of marriage and I don't care how often it occurs in RL, I have control over the Sims in my game. I play my Core Values. And I have fun doing so. :) Not casting any aspersions on those who choose a more dramatically based form of play. Do what makes you happy.

I divorce couple from time to time for various reasons or I have a story in mind. Sometimes they grow apart, other times purely for child support money and of course, cheating. I have one "happy family" Im thinking of breaking up. The father of the household is in a woohoo-less marriage and has been carrying on an illicit relationship with a "gentleman's club" dancer and keeps spending the family funds on her. On top of that, the dancer has connections to an underground crime ring that the father is unwillingly getting pushed into. I think a divorce is going to be the least of his problems.