"SheriSim57;c-17652718" wrote:
"SweetieWright_84;c-17651615" wrote:
I was 20 when I had my first son, and 23 (almost 24) when I had my second son. I'm 36 now. My oldest son will be 16 in a few weeks. Also, I'm a great-aunt to a toddler. I was an aunt at 12 because I was the youngest of 5 kids. My sister who was the closest to my age, is 4 years older than. My oldest brother is almost 11 years older than me. I also have an aunt who was literally an aunt before she was born. She's younger than 2 or 3 of my cousins.
As far as the game is concerned, sims age faster through the earlier stages. On normal lifespan, the child and teen stages are only 14 days. Whereas the young adult and adult stages are around 24 days each, although I'm not 100% sure on the exact amount.
I have never thought anything weird about it. Infact, I mostly play with aging off. I made one household that has Adult Grandparents, YA parents, a child and a teenager. But then, I’m in my early 60’s and I don’t see elders as young as me.... lol. I have a sister 19 years older than me, she had a daughter that is only 6 months younger than me. So, I didn’t have to wait long to become an Aunt. My niece has a daughter the same age as my youngest. So, it doesn’t really seem so strange to me.
That's what I was trying to say, it's not weird or uncommon in real life. I don't find it weird in the game either but I do tend to make my sims wait until they're adults to have children. That way they're more established in their careers. I was just offering a suggestion as to why the game does it. I don't play with aging off for long. I get bored sometimes if it's set Long.
My aunt that I mentioned earlier is 2 months and 4 days older than my brother. But she has a few nieces (my cousins) that are a few years older than she is. My dad's oldest brother is in his 70s and his youngest sister is in her mid-to-latter 40s. So there's well over 20-25 years between them. He had already started his own family and had two toddlers before his youngest sister was born. And that's just one side of my family.
