At what point do you break up a couple?

"marcel21;c-16603751" wrote:
I don't like breaking up couples.

I don't either ! Mine are in it for the long haul ! LOL

It depends on the story. For instance, Bella and Mortimer broke up in my save. Cassandra and Alexander now have issues with relationships so they tend to stray. Cassandra is on the verge of a divorce. Alexander and his wife have a fairly open relationship because his wife is just as crazy. Divorce does affect the children. I like adding consequences to kids due to the parents behavior. Some become very ambitious or some suffer the same fate and it becomes generational until someone breaks the curse..lol

When one of the sims in a couple starts to annoy me :p The glitchiness of the game is usually the cause for that, but I go with the flow and in my story that means the sims are drifting away.

Divorces I usually don't do because they're too much of a hassle, especially when there are kids in the picture.

I prefer not to break up marriages if possible.
Sims 2 my marker was when they would keep fighting, happened more often after nightlife.
Sims 3 my first divorce happened between a family oriented couple. I was not playing them but my attempt to save there marriage resulted in a break up. Also broke up the Wolff marriage in sunset valley, was not the plan but was the result.
Sims 4 only marriage break up I have been involved with is the Fengs, my Sim fell in love with Victor Feng.

The only time I break up a couple is when:
1. I'm bored of the game and want a bit of drama/need to do it for story telling purposes
2. They're more of a hassle to have around then a help (a sim that never helps with the kids, leaves messes, etc.) This only applies if they're living together
3. One of them cheated

"littlemissgogo;c-16604264" wrote:
I've had occasional break-ups but never really divorced any sims. I don't marry them unless they really seem like a great match.

I agree with you. had them in the past because of story progression issues, but in the sims 4, I don't marry them at all unless I think there perfect for each other. or divorce them.

I once broke a married couple up and the one who cheated went on to live a happy life with his new chick... Now I'm repeating it for the sake of the storyline, this time it's the ex-wife's daughter who is getting cheated on... And it's with her half-sister! Am I a bad person? :#

When I decided that it made perfect sense for a noncommittal sim who hated children to want out when her wife got pregnant. Wasn't expecting the resulting sad moodlet, but left things that way for story purposes. The divorcing spouse also had the mean treat, so you'd think a mean interaction would make her happy. Didn't seem to, just tense about baby, tense about being trapped, and sad about the divorce.

I don't do divorces. Affairs, yes. But not divorces.

When my game lags and I need rid of sims I either break them up or if the children are old enough move them out as grandparents :joy: