Do you guys ever play couples without kids? I'm curious

Nope. All my sims reproduce but I play on long and I let them live a childless life for a long time. I get to enjoy all the Young Adult things. When they are adults, they start having kids.

Not really. I can't see the point in playing a family that doesn't progress in anyway.

Very rarely. Once in a while when I'm playing rotationally I might have a family not have kids for story line purposes. But I don't enjoy playing without kids as there is no one to carry on that families name so I usually try to have at least one.

All the time. Most of my Sim couples don't even get married, just stay partners (or not, haha). I'm just not that into the child rearing concept or nuclear families. I like my Sims to have romance, adventure, drama, and make mistakes without being chained to offspring. I've even played where a single mother brought her unplanned child to the orphanage that I set up. I've never really felt the desire to have children in real life and I guess that carries over to the way I play the Sims. Many of my friends don't either. I think it's a lifestyle concept that's more common now in the modern era since women have been able to take control of their lives and have careers or be single without judgement. We've come a long way. :)

But I do like to create many Sims and colonize my worlds so I actually have a variety of households. Although I think the majority of them are single, childless, and/or dating. The ratio might change if we do get more personality and attraction adjustments or a romance pack. It's hard to hook Sims up with someone special when they all behave the same way.

Most of my sims are single, or childless couples. I just can't get in to the "family" play this go round. I played that way a lot in 2, but by the time I picked up 3 in 2012, and played it, I just couldn't get in to the kids at all. And still can't.

I've barely even played toddlers for more than a day or two in S4. I hear they're great, but I still just don't like the neediness of them. My sims have better things to do.

Same with pets. I can't play a household I've added pets to for very long either. I just find it boring. Like kids.

"LiELF;c-17375243" wrote:
All the time. Most of my Sim couples don't even get married, just stay partners (or not, haha). I'm just not that into the child rearing concept or nuclear families. I like my Sims to have romance, adventure, drama, and make mistakes without being chained to offspring. I've even played where a single mother brought her unplanned child to the orphanage that I set up. I've never really felt the desire to have children in real life and I guess that carries over to the way I play the Sims. Many of my friends don't either. I think it's a lifestyle concept that's more common now in the modern era since women have been able to take control of their lives and have careers or be single without judgement. We've come a long way. :)

But I do like to create many Sims and colonize my worlds so I actually have a variety of households. Although I think the majority of them are single, childless, and/or dating. The ratio might change if we do get more personality and attraction adjustments or a romance pack. It's hard to hook Sims up with someone special when they all behave the same way.

Yeah I have to admit this new play style of mine could definitely do with the fact that I'm coming to terms with not having kids in real life. Me and and my fiance have pretty much decided that it's not for us for a variety of reasons. I think playing couples without kids in the sims works as a mirror for that kind of future for me, in a good way. It's kinda therapeutic for me. :)

"Sharonia;c-17375223" wrote:
Not really. I can't see the point in playing a family that doesn't progress in anyway.

I get that! That's the reason I've felt cautious about playing without kids, but I think I like that when my sims die I can just start a new save. I've always been a chronic restarter, so this way I feel like I'm not chained to the same save file forever, if that makes sense.

I have played some for a while, but I end up getting bored without them having kids eventually. Which is ironic because I am married and forever childless/don't want kids. haha

@fullspiral I feel you on the pets thing! In game they're tedious and unfulfilling. They end up being more trouble than they're worth. And this is coming from an animal lover with a house full of real pets that I can't live without! :D

as obsessed as I am I do fairly often have sims without kids especially background sims that I might pop into when I want a break from a family, I tend to have at least one kid in sims that get more attention though I dig it so it's okay ha. Still it is fun to just live your life without kids or at least focus on other things.

"rainbowwithfangs;c-17375258" wrote:
I have played some for a while, but I end up getting bored without them having kids eventually. Which is ironic because I am married and forever childless/don't want kids. haha

@fullspiral I feel you on the pets thing! In game they're tedious and unfulfilling. They end up being more trouble than they're worth. And this is coming from an animal lover with a house full of real pets that I can't live without! :D

@rainbowwithfangs Same here. Love my fur babies. IRL. In game, not so much.