Violence and frustration and pain and sorrow and grieve and also death are part of life and therefore have its place in a life simulation game. If partners get beat up in real life, I’m really sorry but that in itself means it belongs in a game that reflects on life. Not thinking about it won’t make it go away, if only that were true. And as long as I play Sims and follow stories by other simmers, the darker sides of life have clearly played an important role in those stories. I even think this might be one of the reasons why Sims means more to players than just a game. The ability to play with big issues like that in the safe environment of a game. Removing that will take away any form of depth.