Traits you Avoid

I had a self-absorbed sim lose his roommates and neighbors in an accidental fire. He was genuinely saddened by his loss but also had no one to admire him as well. I took pity upon the poor sim and provided him a sim mate in Penny's apartment (Penny Pizzazz was among those killed in the fire).

In general though, I don't use evil, mean, outgoing, slob, glutton, dance machine, hot-blooded, or insider.

"NationalPokedex;d-973487" wrote:
I never, ever give my Sims the Active Trait because I hate when Sims start doing push ups and sit ups out of no where.

Are there any traits that you avoid giving your Sims and why?

I avoid the Glutton, Kleptomaniac, Self Absorbed and Lazy trait unless it works with aspiration. The Klepto trait in Sims 4 is just annoying and if I forget to lock my house up my sims stuff goes missing and I know it's not he Repo Man. Sims 4 doesn't have The Repo Man.

Lazy because I don't want a Sim is in a state that is close to being in a coma all the time. They do nothing productive and are basically useless.

Glutton because they will eat too much including trash from a trash can. Sims you really are better than that.

Self Absorbed- it's one of the many things I don't like about The Get Famous Expansion pack. It seems to show up on celebrities almost all of them I truly hate (except for Judith Ward.)

I mostly use custom traits anyways rather than traits in the game.

I didn't get to explain my earlier. My daughter had a break and wanted to play some Roblox. Any way:

Evil- Like in Sims 3, there's barely a point to it unless you like watching sims laugh maniacally.
Mean-This is actually good for those that want an evil sim that's genuinely evil. I don't care for it however.
Outgoing- If you think the Gloomy trait is bad, you don't know depression in sims until you've had this trait on them. I prefer it on the Townies.
Slob- Nobody likes a slob. When Patchy turned out to be one, I switched that right out and locked him in the garden.
Glutton- I just don't like the aesthetics of it. I hate they way they eat and even though I do make sims eat rotten food (after the spice festival), I don't like for them to have a habit of it.
Dance Machine- Disco Nap is great but the constant dancing, not so much.
Hot-blooded- These sims get set off for no good reason.
Insider- Similar to my reason for Outgoing, no one likes boring sims and no one likes sims being bored all the time either. I rather like the clubs... two of them.

To add, I never used Kleptomaniac and I don't let my sims associate with them either (unless they're good looking, which is when traits get swapped). Bro is just the lazier, more outgoing version of Athletic, Jealous reminds me of an abusive relationship set-up, and I have nothing for Noncommittal.

The fun I have with hot-headed though! Easily my favorite in TS4. Farting on those sims hasn't gotten old in 5.5 years.

Mean, Klepto, Erratic, Evil, Unflirty, Squeamish, Hates Children. I try to avoid these when I can.

I find the traits over all pretty pointless. But some of the negative ones do give me a chuckle now an again. One of my sims lives with his brother, sister-in-law and their baby. The Sim's mother comes over for a visit, he invites her in and they talk. Baby starts crying, I go to make sure someone takes care of it. When I come back to them the mother is leaving. I stare at the living room, something doesn't look right. Why is there so much space in the middle...Oh my god! The sim's mother is a klepto and she took the sofa. I never let her into the house again.

@Nekia33painter She took the sofa? Where did she hide it, in her purse? :D :D :D

@Admiral8Q I guess so. It's in her house hold inventory when I checked.

I thought I was the only one who avoided certain traits. I don't do active very often at all. I avoid the things like lazy or vegetarian or snob and things like that. I can't remember all of them off the top of my head. But yeah there are certainly things I don't like to choose for my Sim which sometimes gets boring but I just don't like certain ones.

- Vegetarian: Sims don't even eat the vegetarian-safe food even if its in the fridge anyways.
- Squeamish: Doesn't feel like it affects much unless your Sim encounters bugs or cleans something dirty
- Cat/Dog Lover: Don't have pets in my households most of the time anyways

These are the top three traits I avoid.