Should Having Multiple Spouses Be an Option?

"lisamwitt;c-18255485" wrote:
@LSM36 I don't have any thoughts on the subject at the moment. But, you might like to know that you can have more than one BFF now. They added it in a patch.

Omg what I've been using the mods More Best Friends. It's so stressful to be asked by ppl close to the sim, turn them down bc you can only have 1 and get bad sentiments. How many came in the patch?

"LSM36;c-18255488" wrote:

"lisamwitt;c-18255485" wrote:
@LSM36 I don't have any thoughts on the subject at the moment. But, you might like to know that you can have more than one BFF now. They added it in a patch.

Omg what I've been using the mods More Best Friends. It's so stressful to be asked by ppl close to the sim, turn them down bc you can only have 1 and get bad sentiments. How many came in the patch?

No idea. My Sim currently has 3.

I personally do not mind polyamory being in game. I can choose to use it or not, just as I can choose to make my sim a criminal or not. It might not be for me, but that shouldn't dictate other people's games.

As for religion we actually have it in game 'even if it doesn't specify which religion. The marriage rituals, the holidays in game, the attend holiday ceremony... I would gladly add more religions in game, though I do prefer if they're not specified as to which one. That way I can create my own made up religion(s) if I feel like it, or just leave it be if that is what I prefer. But then I am very much the kind who thinks things should be up to players.

And yes, I get that there has to be lines drawn and decisions made, but as long as it involves adult sims I'm good with almost anything. With that said, I get if this is not priority number 1 (or 5000 for that matter as there are about that many bugs to fix), but I don't think it should be ruled out just because it might offend someone.

I actually have a Cleopatra household that is married to her "Great Caesar's Ghost" & Mark Anthony. It actually shows up in gameplay that she has two spouses. :D :p (Only Vanilla player)
I've saved them in the Gallery along with the new babies under my username SEREFRAS for any simmer to check out. And please, if you like them let me know. ;)

"SERVERFRA;c-18255974" wrote:
I actually have a Cleopatra household that is married to her "Great Caesar's Ghost" & Mark Anthony. It actually shows up in gameplay that she has two spouses. :D :p (Only Vanilla player)
I've saved them in the Gallery along with the new babies under my username SEREFRAS for any simmer to check out. And please, if you like them let me know. ;)

Would they still show up as married if you resurrect the ghost? Would the living spouse be jealous of the ghost and can you cheat on one with the other?

My "Great Caesar's Ghost is still apart of the household. And no, Caesar's not jealous of Mark Anthony being also married to Cleopatra.
I made sure that the guys were Uncle & Nephew & good friends with each other. :p ;)

"LeGardePourpre;c-18255875" wrote:
Maybe not marriage but let the sims decide if their relationship is ok or not instead of being a moral corruption.
We shouldn't have to use Player reward trait or Free Love NAP to allow it.
Same as Woohoo Partner, they could ask to become Polyamorous Partners.

I had to cheat and give the "player" trait to both Sims in one of my couples because they both liked to flirt with other Sims autonomously, and it was making their relationship drop dramatically. I have a Sim who doesn't have a romantic partner, just a few woohoo partners. I haven't had any issues with her yet, so maybe when they aren't romantic it doesn't happen?

But, regardless, it would be nice to have some kind of option to make these situations easier. Like "no jealousy" from Sims 3. Having that reward trait back would do it. I loved that one so much that I downloaded a mod for it in Sims 2.

Obviously, not in real life. I think it could be interesting in game though. I could see using it, but not often.

"mewo13;c-18150522" wrote:
I mean... There's already WW if you like this kinda deviant playstyle.

Edit: Someone pointed out Free Love NAP which works too.

Seems like another niche feature, that already exist in game, and completely unnecessary to add. Save the budget, time and effort of the sims team on something that actually adds to the game like adding more traits with substance, better gameplay, frickin burglars and cars.

This is pretty much the way I think about it. They do have the free love NAP in Eco lifestyle.

And I personally would rather see the team working on other things that I would like to see like cars, horses, bands, hotels and casino’s rather than spending time changing the whole marriage system making it polygamous. To me it just seems a waste of resources. This might be a good subject to do an actual poll on. I’m not adverse to the idea of other simmers who want polygamy in the game, though I don’t want it in mine. I’m just adverse to the use of resources it would take away from other game play ideas that I would rather see made available.