Be Careful Who You Woohoo and How, Too.

Just thought I'd share a recent mishap in my game because it added some element of surprise and fun, which mixed things up a bit.

So to understand my style, I play somewhat rotationally, bouncing around between households, depending on who I feel like playing at the time. I don't keep a schedule or anything, and some households tend to get played more than others. My game consists of many Sims I've created myself, with a hefty population of Occults and a mix of retro and historic themes for "normal" households.

Well, a few weeks ago, I was playing "Dr. Silas Strange", a scoundrel of a Spellcaster (my game has many scoundrels running rampant, and not necessarily in the Star Wars way) who is loosely inspired from Marvel's Dr. Strange. In this session, Dr. Strange was going club hopping to try to hook up with a fine lady. After a few stops, he went to an Alien night club and met this hippie woman, Ruby Rivers, who lived with other hippies and was a single mom of two grown boys (fraternal twins) whose father had been a fifties greaser type (also a scoundrel). Anyway, they hit it off right away as Miss Ruby was still a "love the one you're with" type of gal, and they went for a quick woohoo in the club closet. Now, in a fit of truism to the character and the moment, I hit "Try For Baby In Closet", because I generally like to have a small chance that something..."untoward"... could happen and I don't usually choose that option. Afterward, Silas got bit by Dracula and passed out, and Ruby went home.

Well, fast forward through time, I've played a couple of other households since then, and went into my game last night to tweak a few Sims in Manage Households when...what's this?? I scroll to the Hippie household and see that they suddenly have two infants, of which I knew nothing about. I went into the household in confusion, having completely forgotten my whimsical previous decisions, wondering if Maxis had done something with Story Progression that affected my Sims, or if there was a bug. But then...I remembered. And, oh boy, there was absolutely no room for even one cradle, never mind two! They were cramped in a hallway and teeny bedroom with absolutely no moving space, and I was forced to build a nursery in the basement. It's okay, I decorated it with plants and flowers and boho colors. But this was her second set of twins, only girls this time. Apparently, she's fertile and doesn't even have that reward trait. I had her sons come over to meet them and had to come up with real names (the game auto generated) that were very "flower child" so they became Oasis and Spring Rivers. (Guess where they were born? :D ) Once they were Toddlers, the good Doctor called up Miss Ruby out of nowhere for a date to this Rainforest restaurant I had just put into the game the other night, which was the perfect place to bring her to win her heart. I pictured it like, a couple of years have gone by, he's looking through his little black book and comes across Ruby's number, remembers a wonderful evening that got hijacked by a Vampire, decides to call her to see if she's still single and interested.

I wonder how he's going to feel when he finds out he's a father of twins? I haven't even checked yet to see if they're magical or have the bloodline. How exciting!

So if you ever want to mix things up in your game or need a population boost, this seems to be an effective way to do it. :D

Feel free to share your stories of birth "surprises".