How do you decide when enough is enough?
Ok, so you may or may not’ve seen my poll about small families or large families. Well, i’m trying to decide when enough kids is enough kids, and I would love to hear your opinions on the topic. Thank...
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All of my life I wanted 4-6 kids. Somewhere along the way I settled on the number 5. It really depends on which family I'm playing. The characters from the books in my siggie, my O/C was 1 of 5 kids. My O/C had 5, ultimately although they're not fully mentioned until the Epilogue. Her oldest brother had 1 at the time my story begins and her next older brother was just getting married. Second brother is my singer Sim. He was a struggling musician in the book and unmarried at that time. When I played him in Sims3, he ultimately ended up with 5. Just feels like a right number to me.
As for my other save, it's tons more. But then again it's my Ancestral save and they had babies, lots of them back in the 18th century colonial America. My own 6th great-grandfather was the father of 18 altogether. This was between two wives (and no, he didn't have them at the same time. My 6th great-grandmother passed away after her tenth child.) He married again, because that's what a man did in that time frame. He had ten children ranging from newborn up to 17 years old. They needed a mother, at least the little ones did. So, I fill up the households in that game save.
If you're truly unable to decide, you could always roll the dice to set how many a certain household would have. If that gives you more than you can handle, you can always take the family into cas.fulleditmode and delete a few. This won't cause your Sims any pain, I've discovered. I use MCCC and once upon a time we could have more than 8 on a lot. But, you were cautioned not to take the family into CAS, as normal. The number beyond 8 Sims would be removed instantly. I forgot this once and lost three toddlers. Family wasn't in mourning — at all. I'm the only one who was troubled by it!
I hope this has helped you.
As for my other save, it's tons more. But then again it's my Ancestral save and they had babies, lots of them back in the 18th century colonial America. My own 6th great-grandfather was the father of 18 altogether. This was between two wives (and no, he didn't have them at the same time. My 6th great-grandmother passed away after her tenth child.) He married again, because that's what a man did in that time frame. He had ten children ranging from newborn up to 17 years old. They needed a mother, at least the little ones did. So, I fill up the households in that game save.
If you're truly unable to decide, you could always roll the dice to set how many a certain household would have. If that gives you more than you can handle, you can always take the family into cas.fulleditmode and delete a few. This won't cause your Sims any pain, I've discovered. I use MCCC and once upon a time we could have more than 8 on a lot. But, you were cautioned not to take the family into CAS, as normal. The number beyond 8 Sims would be removed instantly. I forgot this once and lost three toddlers. Family wasn't in mourning — at all. I'm the only one who was troubled by it!
I hope this has helped you.
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