I believe this might depend on whether you play legacy or on rotation, but even if playing a larger number of houses you might spend some time on certain families and their growing ups.I just prepared my next rotation, I always check who will have a birthday before I start the round. It's my year 223 and I'm shocked to find that half of the 23 birthdays are elders! Looks like I'll have a large number of grey haired sims ruling the future ground... Of 23 birthdays, 12 are elders, 5 young adults, 4 children and just 1 sim will become a teenager.I normally bake the cake (is there any other way?), but I hardly ever decorate and invite for a party. I normally don't give the sim birthday gifts either, but I love spending some time adjusting looks, clothes and think a bit over what interests and goals this person should have. I plan outfits and might give them a new hairstyle (normally not), plan hobbies, education/skills, dreams and goals, career, and life in general. If it's an elder sim, I might rather look back, reflecting a bit over what they achieved and if there is anything more they should do, if they actually have contact with their own grown up kids and grandchildren, etc. If they need to write a testament, move to smaller accommodation, retire, etc. So they all get some extra attention, just not necessary a grand party.How about you?

I think I'm similar to you. Most of the time, someone will bake the birthday person a cake and whoever is in the house at the time will come to the kitchen for a small celebration. Then, I sort out their looks/clothes if aging up didn't go well for them. Occasionally, I will throw a party, but as having tons of birthday parties feels repetitive normally only one sim every 28-56 days gets one. I generally have my sims who are turning into elders retire, but I've never moved them out of a legacy home or anything.

When I used to play TS3 I alway threw a party. I decorated their house. I loved to place the balloons at the front door. Everything was perfect. Now I don't bother and I just let my sim blow the candles and enjoy their cake.

Depends, when I rotate and sometimes in a main house I get the cake, put everyone in a group and have them walk toward it so they celebrate with the one aging up. Some sims get an actual party at home, when I use mcc I keep everyone connected so whoever is calling can invite friends who matter. Then there are venue parties usually a restaurant depending on the size either they all eat or I just bring out a cake and they party from there.

I usually throw a party for most sims except babies if they have friends to invite over.

I'll invite a few Sims over, bake a cake, and try to complete all the tasks. I've never decorated.

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31 Replies

HaneulFier
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I think I'm similar to you. Most of the time, someone will bake the birthday person a cake and whoever is in the house at the time will come to the kitchen for a small celebration. Then, I sort out their looks/clothes if aging up didn't go well for them. Occasionally, I will throw a party, but as having tons of birthday parties feels repetitive normally only one sim every 28-56 days gets one. I generally have my sims who are turning into elders retire, but I've never moved them out of a legacy home or anything.
DoloresGrey
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
When I used to play TS3 I alway threw a party. I decorated their house. I loved to place the balloons at the front door. Everything was perfect.

Now I don't bother and I just let my sim blow the candles and enjoy their cake.
Reddestiny921
Legend
6 years ago
Depends, when I rotate and sometimes in a main house I get the cake, put everyone in a group and have them walk toward it so they celebrate with the one aging up. Some sims get an actual party at home, when I use mcc I keep everyone connected so whoever is calling can invite friends who matter. Then there are venue parties usually a restaurant depending on the size either they all eat or I just bring out a cake and they party from there.
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I usually throw a party for most sims except babies if they have friends to invite over.
CaprianaB
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I'll invite a few Sims over, bake a cake, and try to complete all the tasks. I've never decorated.
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
It's cool to read your various ways of celebrating! Seems like I'm not the only one taking easy on this, with a few exceptions though.

@DoloresGrey Ha! I laughed reading that you let them enjoy their cake, because in fact, I don't always even allow them that :) If another sim in the household will grow up in a few days, I might actually remove the candles and put the full cake in the fridge to reuse it instead of baking a new. I don't think there is any restriction to how many sims can grow up from the same cake, as far as nobody goes to the fridge to get a piece when I'm not watching...

@haneul I agree birthdays feel a bit repetitive. Wish there were alternative ways to do this. Serving something else than a cake or simply having the guests sing a song to the sim growing up, or throwing him/her in the air etc :) There's easily too many cakes in this game...

@RedDestiny92 Ah, I constantly forget that a birthday can actually be celebrated in a restaurant, or on any other community lot for that matter. I did a restaurant only once, it felt a bit wrong having them first eat and drink, and then serve them the cake when their hunger bar was all in the green. My sims never exercise, hehe...
Reddestiny921
Legend
6 years ago
lol, mine usually don't exercise either, the most recent time I did that I took my sims to an ice rink I threw together so most of them could skate together after get a little exercise just because it was available. I find it's okay to treat a birthday like a "cheat" day let them go nuts, same goes for weddings.
PhantasmKiss
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I bake a cake and throw a party, and immediately after aging up, my Sim gets a makeover. I've forgotten a couple times and my poor Sim got that "forgotten birthday" moodlet. I'm so sorry little Sim!

I don't decorate, past putting out a bar. I tend to keep the bar and coffee maker in the family inventory so my Sims aren't always making drinks, but they're good for parties.
popstarissa
6 years ago
I wish the Birthday pop-up would come up bigger and brighter so I wouldn’t forget! I usually see the “It’s almost so-and-so’s birthday!” but then get distracted and entirely forget until they age up on their own and are devastated their bday was a bust.

I like to at least make a cake for a normies. For more favored Sims, I throw them a party at a Sulani or Windenburg bar. Then I immediately haul them into CAS!
mia_noelle97
6 years ago
Normally I'll just bake them a cake and then once they age up I give them a makeover and possibly redecorate their room, depending on their age. Occasionally I'll get them a "present" as well, like if a sim is aging into a teen I might get them their own laptop or if it's a child I might get them a dollhouse or an activity table if they don't already have one. I rarely ever throw birthday parties anymore because a lot of my sims end up not having very many friends, and if I'm playing a large family that's just too many parties. Sometimes I will let them have their birthday at a restaraunt though.