Teen Sim's unusual devotion and crushing heartbreak
Nathaniel is an unusual young man, with a really beautiful personality and voice (and nice looking, too) who didn't involve himself in romantic pursuits, seemed to have a serious nature, but the only girl he fell for happened to be pretty, popular, and on the path to fame, though he was but one of a string of casual boyfriends, to her. I should have seen this coming, but I never saw it before in any teen situations.
So after a great date and a night of singing really beautifully together at karaoke, they were so natural together, and their friendship was so effortless, (in contrast to how much effort she had to put into some of her other relationships) that when the option to exchange Promise Rings came up, he took it...but shocked the heck out of me when he gulped, steadied his pounding heart, and dropped to one knee!
Uh...what?! I have had teens exchange promise rings before and it was never like a proposal! Weird...and then...
It all went bad.
She gave a hard no with a little shove of "Getawayfrommeyoufreak!" and he recoiled in horror and extreme embarrassment, and I got a message that I never saw before, something about "It is a rare thing for a Sim to be ready to make such a strong commitment at such a young age!" which may have been a standard consolation message, but I never saw it before when other teen Sims got the no on a Promise Ring exchange, which happened rarely (the no) but didn't seem to happen so traumatically.
I felt so bad for him, because he was taking it so hard and she wasn't. Apparently he doesn't give his heart lightly, and this was far more to him than it could be, to her.
It felt like he needed to be alone, to get away. I moved him out of the place in Del Sol he was splitting bills with 7 other teens with (including her!) and set him up building himself a little cabin in Sylvan Glade, where he could fish, be alone, and reflect. And maybe, recover. He didn't wallow in self-pity, but got on with the business of life despite a lingering hurt.
He just seems different from most other teen Sims, as if he were an adult walking around in a teen body, just waiting to be able to take life to the next level. But he seems to have decided that romance is best avoided until he can deal with someone ready for it, who knows what she wants in life. I was just so surprised at how differently this played out, than it ever has with any of my other teen romances. He's a Sim to watch, now, for me.
So after a great date and a night of singing really beautifully together at karaoke, they were so natural together, and their friendship was so effortless, (in contrast to how much effort she had to put into some of her other relationships) that when the option to exchange Promise Rings came up, he took it...but shocked the heck out of me when he gulped, steadied his pounding heart, and dropped to one knee!
Uh...what?! I have had teens exchange promise rings before and it was never like a proposal! Weird...and then...
It all went bad.
She gave a hard no with a little shove of "Getawayfrommeyoufreak!" and he recoiled in horror and extreme embarrassment, and I got a message that I never saw before, something about "It is a rare thing for a Sim to be ready to make such a strong commitment at such a young age!" which may have been a standard consolation message, but I never saw it before when other teen Sims got the no on a Promise Ring exchange, which happened rarely (the no) but didn't seem to happen so traumatically.
I felt so bad for him, because he was taking it so hard and she wasn't. Apparently he doesn't give his heart lightly, and this was far more to him than it could be, to her.
It felt like he needed to be alone, to get away. I moved him out of the place in Del Sol he was splitting bills with 7 other teens with (including her!) and set him up building himself a little cabin in Sylvan Glade, where he could fish, be alone, and reflect. And maybe, recover. He didn't wallow in self-pity, but got on with the business of life despite a lingering hurt.
He just seems different from most other teen Sims, as if he were an adult walking around in a teen body, just waiting to be able to take life to the next level. But he seems to have decided that romance is best avoided until he can deal with someone ready for it, who knows what she wants in life. I was just so surprised at how differently this played out, than it ever has with any of my other teen romances. He's a Sim to watch, now, for me.
