I can't play without children.

What's normal? Sounds boring! We all play differently. That's the beauty of The Sims - it allows you to play how you want to play and create your own stories. There is no right or wrong. I tend to play one household per save with ageing off. I've been playing my main household since I started playing TS4. I have a favourite sim that I focus more on, but I am also a family player and so I almost always plan for my sims to have children. I've just always enjoyed relationship focused dramas and stories.

I don't play premades and instead use them as background characters my sims can interact with. The only thing I have done with Eliza and Bob is add their toddler, Iggy, from the gallery and made him a cute bedroom. I also feel that Bob and Eliza's difficulties stem from them being such different characters. I see them as quite a comic unlikely couple. However, being the hopeless romantic I am, I also feel that they do really love each other deep down, and so I wouldn't want to separate them. When push comes to shove, they're always there for each other.