Separating/ Divorcing your Sims - TS4
Anyone got any suggestions on the best way to have sims be divorced especially if they have children? i.e. living arrangements, relationship. Also has anyone has divorced sims before? Tell me about ...
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I have played Sims, since Sims2. I played 3 and now am playing 4. I can count on ONE hand the number of divorces I allowed in my game. The very first one only came about because I had created a live-in Nanny for my game, (this was in Sims2) and while I was busy tending to one Sim in the family, the Dad got home and suddenly my attention got brought around to him out in the backyard with said Nanny. An idea tickled the back of my brain, and I decided to see how the game handles divorces. So, I allowed those two Sims to carry on in an untoward manner and eventually, he got himself kicked out of the house! The children (five of them) cried so hard, it broke my heart.
In Sims3 my poor singer Sim came home to find his wife had put their newborn baby out on the front lawn at night in the POURING rain! (The Sim did this autonomously, too.) I had them 'talk' about the situation, after Dad rescued his little son. Guess things got out of hand, because the fight got very bad between them. I decided to see if they could salvage their relationship anyway. He had another gig to perform one evening a short time later. Again the weather was rather inclement and it rained. Once again, for no good reason (not a routing problem, no she was NOT insane) Torrie did it again (autonomously). Took that helpless newborn outside and placed him on the lawn — IN THE RAIN. (The baby cried piteously, I could barely stand it.) I brought my singer Sim home immediately after his gig (when he would normally go dancing to unwind, afterwards) to rescue his son. Yes, they fought again. Suddenly, the interaction for break-up was in the menu. This was very sad for Erik who had broken up so many times, prior, thinking he'd finally found the One. But, I sat in my desk chair and contemplated what to do. I deemed the female evil and punched the break-up button. Then I immediately went into Edit Town, to remove her from the household, so she couldn't take the baby with her! I put her into an apartment. Erik then went to the Courthouse and got a divorce. Yes, he took heat from it, since he was a 5-Star celebrity. But, considering he had full custody of the child, he sued for slander — and won. This is my Sim, whose second fiancée recklessly flirted with his brother-in-law at the family Gift-Giving Party. (Her punishment? I put her into the Bin.)
I keep thinking in the back of my mind that there was possibly one more, but it's not coming forward at this time. I play as I live, same code of ethics. My maternal grandparents were married 50 years, same with my parents. I'll be married for 44 in May.
In Sims3 my poor singer Sim came home to find his wife had put their newborn baby out on the front lawn at night in the POURING rain! (The Sim did this autonomously, too.) I had them 'talk' about the situation, after Dad rescued his little son. Guess things got out of hand, because the fight got very bad between them. I decided to see if they could salvage their relationship anyway. He had another gig to perform one evening a short time later. Again the weather was rather inclement and it rained. Once again, for no good reason (not a routing problem, no she was NOT insane) Torrie did it again (autonomously). Took that helpless newborn outside and placed him on the lawn — IN THE RAIN. (The baby cried piteously, I could barely stand it.) I brought my singer Sim home immediately after his gig (when he would normally go dancing to unwind, afterwards) to rescue his son. Yes, they fought again. Suddenly, the interaction for break-up was in the menu. This was very sad for Erik who had broken up so many times, prior, thinking he'd finally found the One. But, I sat in my desk chair and contemplated what to do. I deemed the female evil and punched the break-up button. Then I immediately went into Edit Town, to remove her from the household, so she couldn't take the baby with her! I put her into an apartment. Erik then went to the Courthouse and got a divorce. Yes, he took heat from it, since he was a 5-Star celebrity. But, considering he had full custody of the child, he sued for slander — and won. This is my Sim, whose second fiancée recklessly flirted with his brother-in-law at the family Gift-Giving Party. (Her punishment? I put her into the Bin.)
I keep thinking in the back of my mind that there was possibly one more, but it's not coming forward at this time. I play as I live, same code of ethics. My maternal grandparents were married 50 years, same with my parents. I'll be married for 44 in May.
