My sims tend to pop out kids. It's rare I can play very long without my couple having kids. Although sometimes I try make it a rule to get them at certain amount of funds first and stuff. And I sometimes just fill up my household and only later on hate myself for it because of the amount of families I have to play (I can't give them up).
Also scandals. There's always cheating scandals and deaths and all that good stuff. There's always an affair, illegitimate child or a divorce and leads to a second marriage and usually my Sims will rekindle, leaving the home wrecker usually without access to their child and heartbroken.
I'm a console player so ever since the photography skill patch, I've been placing pictures all over my sims homes. Forget paintings. They no longer a thing in my games, especially my current save, so many photos of family.
