Do you/would you use whims?

I love using whims and will often use them for storytelling or to let my Sims to "make" certain decisions despite me controlling them. ie) If they have a whim to propose to their partner, I'll direct them to do that since it's technically something they wanted to do in the first place rather than me forcing it on them.

However, as others have said, I do wish whims were more relevant to a sim's personality or now that we have likes/dislikes, that they would reflect them. ie) a Sim who likes painting, wants to create a painting. Or a sim who likes cooking wants to a cook a meal. As opposed to getting so many "buy xyz."