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 haven't had anyone divorce in Sims 4 yet, although there are several canditates. Number one is the Jang family. When I finally started to play them something unexpected happened. The day after the welcome committy visited, Baako Jang got a phonecall from one of the members. One of my ex-townies I moved into my rotational play took a real shine to the male half (Baako) of the couple and she actually invited him on a date.
One of those phone invites when I was playing the Jangs. And I actually accepted on his behalf because the venue was a brand new gallery restaurant I had just plonked down and was dying to see if it works. They hit it off real and their romance bar skyrocketed but I was really worried how it would play out as they are actually live in same apartment complex and she has two kids living with her (her own and a foster child) so keeping it a 'secret' would be impossible. Also the cheating cad would be breaking up his family and his poor daughter, yadda, yadda, ya. Also I was seeing a new side to that other Sim of mine for asking Baako, a MARRIED man, on a date.
Cue a day later, when Anaya got a same phonecall and this time from an actual townie. A FEMALE townie, with the 'I do believe opposites attracts and I was wondering if you would want to go on a date at .... and see where it takes us?' (I am paraphrasing btw). I am thinking the game is actually trying to tell me something. I did not have her accept because I don't like that particular townie and I think Anaya has that woman in red in her relationship panel (I really haven't checked very well though). But I am definatly keeping the possibilities open for a future lady match for her.
Talk about the Sims autonomously deciding my storylines for them.
Right now, I am back in Willow Creek and am currently sorting out the BFF household (really just trying to decide wether to delete them or not, well maybe some of them and merge the others into other households) but when the turn goes back to the Jangs things will hopefully develope.
Another my 'to be divorced but I have actually changed my mind' couple is actually my insane Sim who married J. jr. (from the roomate household from Oasis Springs). She was never supposed to be married as her storyline mapped her out as a single, insane mom trying to cope. But due to her misfortune in cooking accidents (yes, plural, as in more than two and more than four) and me mistaking the 'make baby' icon for the 'woohoo' icon and her being a NO cheat household (oye!). She snagged J. Was supposed to be temporary :neutral: especially as I was unable to like J. But wouldn't you know. J. jr. is a great dad. I can't split them up without J. Jr. taking the little girl and leaving my insane Sim a bit more insane then she is right now. So they stick together trying to heal a rift that...well. I caused. But who knows what will happen in the future.
But as with, who lives with who after a divorce. I am lazy. I just choose the parent with highest relationship score and move the whole kittencaboodle (the kids) with that parent and then I am just very good at having the other parent visit a lot and have the kids visit the other parent. I really hate splitting up siblings. I have done it, both for divorces (not in Sims 4 though) and not from divorces (in Sims 4) but it has to make sense, storywise.
One of those phone invites when I was playing the Jangs. And I actually accepted on his behalf because the venue was a brand new gallery restaurant I had just plonked down and was dying to see if it works. They hit it off real and their romance bar skyrocketed but I was really worried how it would play out as they are actually live in same apartment complex and she has two kids living with her (her own and a foster child) so keeping it a 'secret' would be impossible. Also the cheating cad would be breaking up his family and his poor daughter, yadda, yadda, ya. Also I was seeing a new side to that other Sim of mine for asking Baako, a MARRIED man, on a date.
Cue a day later, when Anaya got a same phonecall and this time from an actual townie. A FEMALE townie, with the 'I do believe opposites attracts and I was wondering if you would want to go on a date at .... and see where it takes us?' (I am paraphrasing btw). I am thinking the game is actually trying to tell me something. I did not have her accept because I don't like that particular townie and I think Anaya has that woman in red in her relationship panel (I really haven't checked very well though). But I am definatly keeping the possibilities open for a future lady match for her.
Talk about the Sims autonomously deciding my storylines for them.
Right now, I am back in Willow Creek and am currently sorting out the BFF household (really just trying to decide wether to delete them or not, well maybe some of them and merge the others into other households) but when the turn goes back to the Jangs things will hopefully develope.
Another my 'to be divorced but I have actually changed my mind' couple is actually my insane Sim who married J. jr. (from the roomate household from Oasis Springs). She was never supposed to be married as her storyline mapped her out as a single, insane mom trying to cope. But due to her misfortune in cooking accidents (yes, plural, as in more than two and more than four) and me mistaking the 'make baby' icon for the 'woohoo' icon and her being a NO cheat household (oye!). She snagged J. Was supposed to be temporary :neutral: especially as I was unable to like J. But wouldn't you know. J. jr. is a great dad. I can't split them up without J. Jr. taking the little girl and leaving my insane Sim a bit more insane then she is right now. So they stick together trying to heal a rift that...well. I caused. But who knows what will happen in the future.
But as with, who lives with who after a divorce. I am lazy. I just choose the parent with highest relationship score and move the whole kittencaboodle (the kids) with that parent and then I am just very good at having the other parent visit a lot and have the kids visit the other parent. I really hate splitting up siblings. I have done it, both for divorces (not in Sims 4 though) and not from divorces (in Sims 4) but it has to make sense, storywise.
