Should marriages allow more partners?

"GlacierSnow;c-18071990" wrote:
I'm already using the "player" trait (added with a cheat code) to play a committed poly-amorous quad who all live together in one house. It would be nice if they had the option of getting married. And when I am playing with aliens or vampires especially, I'd like some other kinds of marriage arrangement options. But not having those options isn't a deal breaker for me, obviously, since I just make up the story in my head anyway. As long as there is a way (player trait) to prevent jealousy so sims can openly have more than one partner, I'm content.

If a multi-sim marriage option were added, I would use it. But first, they really need to make weddings actually function well. Even the base game version has been kind of annoying to use because sims don't stay seated during the ceremony.

If they add a multi spouse option I hope they also add that to CAS so you can marry multiple sims together eg April is the wife of Tom and Larry in the relationship panel.

Probably would need some tweaking but I think it could work. I assume selecting poly vs monogamous sims would be something like selecting gender preferences etc.

Just a subheading under marriage which should include stuff like: Men, Women, Both. And then either selecting how many sims this sim can be in a relationship with or if they're poly or not, and maybe even if they like open or closed relationships.

Then they get married to a compatible sim (or don't. Always interesting gameplay) and the jealousy settings are organised accordingly.

or maybe if it's less complicated make it a social interaction like "Ask if (insert sim here) can join relationship" and for that to work the sim in question has to have a high enough friendship with the other sim to consider it or something like that? It'd take a lot of thinking to do right but I think it can be done.

I think more freedom is always better, especially when it’s just a game.

From what I have learned about poly relationships, jealousy can still occur, but it’s dealt with differently because it’s sort of expected and consented to. Not everyone can handle it. I know I couldn’t, and neither could my husband. I don’t know any marriages that have survived through bringing in others (but I’ve seen them crumble), yet, I’m sure there are some successful ones I don’t realize have this agreement. Some people make it work, even if they’re not technically married. I can see the benefit of playing out scenarios like this as a form of exploration whether it helps you decide it’s not for you, or teaches you about its challenges. Or just for entertainment.