Too many boys!
I recently started the Simerican Settlers Challenge. I created two sims to play and places down others from the gallery. My founders had a son and, around the same time, two boys and two girls were born in the town (with MCCC). “Perfect! I’ll marry him off to one of the girls!”
Soon after, my founders got pregnant again, with another boy (according to MCCC). Unfortunately, of the other four sims who were also pregnant, they were ALL having boys. Once the babies are born, the town will have EIGHT baby boys, but only TWO baby girls!
I have a few solutions in mind, but each one has some... complications.
1. Marry the boy to the older girl- Due to the age gap, the girl may be too old for him. In addition, in the old days, older men often married younger women, not the other way around.
2. Cheat the gender of my sims’ baby- I usually don’t like cheating, especially since I’m playing a challenge.
3. Cheat the genders of a few of the other sims’ babies- Again, I’d prefer not to cheat.
4. Wait until more sims get pregnant- This may take a while because a lot of sims got pregnant at once and I have the lifespan set to long, and with MCCC, sims don’t get pregnant with a baby already in the household. (There’s currently just one non-pregnant couple without a baby, but a pregnancy with them could result in yet another boy.)
5. Add a few families with girls later on- I hate CAS, especially since I need to download lots of CC to properly dress my sims for the time period and still have variations in the townies’ clothing.
6. Add one family with quadruplet girls- Again, I hate CAS.
7. Have the second son be gay and enter a forbidden romance with one of the boys- I’m not sure how this would play out, but seeing as it’s still the 1850s, he would probably be disowned by his family, and that seems sad.
8. Have him remain a bachelor for life- I like my sims to get married and have lots of kids.
So, what do you think I should do?
Soon after, my founders got pregnant again, with another boy (according to MCCC). Unfortunately, of the other four sims who were also pregnant, they were ALL having boys. Once the babies are born, the town will have EIGHT baby boys, but only TWO baby girls!
I have a few solutions in mind, but each one has some... complications.
1. Marry the boy to the older girl- Due to the age gap, the girl may be too old for him. In addition, in the old days, older men often married younger women, not the other way around.
2. Cheat the gender of my sims’ baby- I usually don’t like cheating, especially since I’m playing a challenge.
3. Cheat the genders of a few of the other sims’ babies- Again, I’d prefer not to cheat.
4. Wait until more sims get pregnant- This may take a while because a lot of sims got pregnant at once and I have the lifespan set to long, and with MCCC, sims don’t get pregnant with a baby already in the household. (There’s currently just one non-pregnant couple without a baby, but a pregnancy with them could result in yet another boy.)
5. Add a few families with girls later on- I hate CAS, especially since I need to download lots of CC to properly dress my sims for the time period and still have variations in the townies’ clothing.
6. Add one family with quadruplet girls- Again, I hate CAS.
7. Have the second son be gay and enter a forbidden romance with one of the boys- I’m not sure how this would play out, but seeing as it’s still the 1850s, he would probably be disowned by his family, and that seems sad.
8. Have him remain a bachelor for life- I like my sims to get married and have lots of kids.
So, what do you think I should do?
