8 years ago

I Can't Believe This

This is long, but I promise it's worth the read.

My favorite EA sim is Bab's L'Amour, and I have played her a handful of times, and she always marries Ollie Purdue. I set out to do that this time around, but this time they would have pets. So I started them as roommates, and planned on having them date after awhile and get married, you know, the works. What REALLY happened though was Bab's became friends with Zoe Patel, and she and Ollie hooked up one time, well that one time led to her getting pregnant, so I had them start dating and was going to have Bab's play the field for awhile, while I tried to figure out how to get rid of Zoe. In the meantime Bab's is dating 6 other sims because of her aspiration. While on a date with one of these guys she meets a girl named Makenna, who was their waitress, they hungout a few times and really got along. One thing led to another and they were dating, another notch on Bab's bedpost. Bab's got asked on a date by one of her guys one night, they went to a restaurant where he gave Bab's a kiss, and then it happened. I see Makenna appear on the screen, and it suddenly dawns on me that we are at the same restaurant Makenna works at! She is IRATE when she gets to work and sees this, because I forgot to mention that she is not only unflirty, but jealous. She goes off on Bab's and storms into work. Bab's followed her and tried to sweet talk her, because Bab's actually really cared about her. She invited her over after work so they could talk, after they talked Bab's decided to commit to her and told her to move in so she could be sure that what happened would never happen again. Things went back to normal, their cats had kittens, and things were great. Makenna rolled the whim to get married to Bab's, and the next day Bab's rolled the whim to marry Makenna, which she's never rolled the whim to marry anyone out of the 6 others she was dating. So I am thinking perfect let's get them to a fancy restaurant in the city with a great view, and Bab's can propose. Everything was perfect, the waitress didn't drop the food on them, the food was excellent, and the icing on the cake was I just got a popup letting me know that it was the romance festival. Things couldn't be going more right. They finished dinner, and they stood up, Bab's got on one knee and proposed, I was camera ready... Have you guys ever seen what the reject proposal animation looks like? If you haven't consider yourself lucky. It was the meanest most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen from this game. That was 15 min ago, and I am still sitting here with my mouth on the floor, because I can't believe that happened. Just when I think this game has nothing else to give, it throws me a curve-ball, and I'm drawn right back in.

funny

simgirl1010
Hero
8 years ago
The look on Makenna's face in that pic. "I wouldn't have you if you were the last woman on earth."

What do plan on doing next?
Cornwallfr
8 years ago
I haven't seen a refusal in a long time, but in my memory, it was more a "you're cute... but no!". This one really looks like a "NEVER!"
thisoxymoron
8 years ago
Makenna should have an unfortunate pool accident. Then Babs should find a nice sir or madam to settle down with successfully. The wedding reception should be a pool party. Just let Makenna’s ghost wander around watching Babs be happy. Justice served.
skewedreality04
8 years ago
"Dijktafone;c-16169471" wrote:
I haven't seen a refusal in a long time, but in my memory, it was more a "you're cute... but no!". This one really looks like a "NEVER!"

She literally knocked the ring out of her hand, the last picture Bab’s is looking to the left because she was watching the ring hit the floor.

I am not sure what to do with them now. They went home and after a night of crying in the closet Bab’s seems to be a little understanding of why she said no. I think the issue here is their romantic bar may not be up high enough since Makenna is unflirty. I will try one more time when they’ve gotten to know each other even better, and if she rejects that then they’ll be done, or like this entire save it can go completely another way lol.
Fierande
8 years ago
Huh, it kind of looks like your animation was different than mine. It probably wasn't, but I can't remember my Sim looking like that when she rejected her dude. Mine looked a little more guilty and a little less psycho. :lol:
https://i.imgur.com/PLUau6W.png
https://i.imgur.com/istUupQ.png
This was actually a back story for my vampire Sim which is supposed to be set around the 1950s, so that explains the outfits hehe.

Love your story! Those screenshots are great, too. You managed to capture that rejection from just the right angles lol. That last one.

Edit: Although, now that I look at yours and mine, they really do look different! Interesting.

One more edit lol: Yours was definitely different than mine. My Sim didn't smack the ring away, she gently pushed the guy's hands holding the ring away from her. I didn't know there were different animations for rejecting proposals! Probably depends on their mood. Mine was in a happy mood, I still have no clue as to why she rejected him. Kind of messed up my back story, but I went with it and came up with something different, so all's good.
thisoxymoron
8 years ago
I wonder if proposal rejection styles have to do with the proposed to sim’s traits. Like unflirty, commitment issue, mean and evil Sims might be more aggressive with their refusal, while Sims with traits like romantic, family oriented, or good are more gentle in their refusal.

It might also have to do with how memories supposedly work in the game. As I understand it, it’s supposed to be a bit of a challenge now to fully repair a friendship or relationship that’s gone south. So even though Babs and Makenna “made up” for the most part from when Babs got caught cheating, Makenna still remembers and doesn’t trust her enough to marry her right now.

So maybe it was a bit like “You came into my work with your hook up like 3 months ago and NOW you wanna get married?! Dream on, toots! You got a LONG way to go before I’ll marry you!” Maybe she was insulted by the idea that she’d marry Babs after catching her running around with half the neighborhood.
elliebreton
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Lol. Poor sim.

I remember how gutted I was when Don Lothario did the exact same thing to my main sim. You can't see it, but there goes the ring flying across the room:
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/bvo73i95p6xgn53/250.png?dl=0

Then after he raged at her for a while, he stormed out.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/gbhtkj3jcmmv671/252.png?dl=0
sparkleplumley
8 years ago
Wow! I love it!
This is what this game needs more of, and what makes the other iterations so special. It's these "little things" good or bad. Life ain't perfect. It gets boring living in a perfect world all the time.
Stina1701A
Seasoned Novice
8 years ago

"elanorbreton;c-16173099" wrote:
Lol. Poor sim.

I remember how gutted I was when Don Lothario did the exact same thing to my main sim. You can't see it, but there goes the ring flying across the room:
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/bvo73i95p6xgn53/250.png?dl=0

Then after he raged at her for a while, he stormed out.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/gbhtkj3jcmmv671/252.png?dl=0

Wow. Seriously! Is she pregnant?! :anguished: The cad! He needs to die! In fire! :rage: :naughty:
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
As a matter of fact, I have faced that scenario. I was in the last stages of the Pinstar Legacy Challenge. http://galacticgals.blogspot.in/2016/11/generation-nine-chapter-five-why-you.html

I used it to my advantage, however. It is painful. But I can never imagine a scenario where one or the other is 'left at the altar' as being anything but painful. Hope it works out for you, in the end.