Apology options won't go away

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I've noticed this with two separate saves now, but for some reason the apology interactions simply will not go away between certain sims. The first time I noticed it was between a father and his daughter (in the child stage). The daughter would have the apologize interaction, then if I used it it would disappear for a while then pop right back up. It didn't matter what interactions they had with one another either, the interaction would pop up even if they did no interactions other than the apologize. I don't remember the father having the apologize interaction towards the daughter, but there's no way of checking since I saved over that file on accident and there doesn't seem to be a way to recover saves on Xbox

In my current save I have a married couple that both have the Smooth Apology interaction towards one another. It's the same thing as the other time, the interaction temporarily goes away if used but then pops back up. There are no negative sentiments, heck there are no sentiments at all between the sims at the moment so I don't know what's going on. There's clearly something between the two that the game simply isn't showing, because the wife randomly decides to spaz out on the husband which makes maintaining their relationship extremely annoying since I'm constantly having to build it back up. These two specific sims have had the interactions there for who knows how long now, at least since the start of the adult stage (maybe even earlier) and they're on the verge of death as elders so it's been there a long time.

I don't know if this is a glitch or not, so I didn't post it in the bug section because I simply have no idea what's going on. I play on Xbox One with my only pack being Kids Room Stuff, and the game version is whatever the latest version is. I'll include a collage of screenshots from my current save showing that there are no visible sentiments and also that the apology options are there. Can anyone tell me what is going on? This is just adding even more frustration to a game that has been mostly frustrating lately.

valohim666 · Answer

At least I know I'm not the only one, though in my case there seems to be more to it than just the interaction. As I said in my original post, my sim's spouse just seems to randomly spaz out and uses mean interactions on her husband for no reason whatsoever. She has no traits that should cause this, there are no visible sentiments between the sims at all, and it's never anything because of moods because it can happen even in something like a flirty mood. For me this is an inconvenience because again as I mentioned in my original post, it means I'm constantly having to keep an eye on their relationship and build it back up. I don't even want to play that household anymore because I not only have 4 teens I have to deal with, but then the nonsense between the parents and for me it's too frustrating and overwhelming.

If it was simply the interaction being stuck I would still like to know what might actually cause it, though I wouldn't be too concerned with it because yes just having the interaction isn't much problem at all. Though when something keeps causing one of my sims to flip out on her husband, then it is a problem and makes the game even more annoying to deal with than it already can be.

This is just a theory of course, but I can't help but feel it's something with the sentiments glitching. The two sims did have negative sentiments towards each other in the past, WAY in the past when they were young adults which they're both elders now, and while those sentiments appear to be gone I can't help but feel that one of the sims is still dealing with elements of it.

giardinidimarzo · Answer

@valohim666 My occult sim (mermaid) have this interaction. Always. Even if the relationship with his husband is great. It's not a major inconvenience but yes, it's there.

a13x7e · Answer

My sims have this problem too. It's so annoyingWhy is this topic not in the bug report category?

luthienrising · Answer

Hi @a13x7e If you can recreate this with no mods or custom content, please feel free to create a bug report there!

uyamayu · Answer

I'm playing the console version.I'm having this problem too and it's really troubling me.In high school, A was at the age where you want to be mean to your lover B, so he was mean to her.B received some kind of sentiments at that time. (Probably "undying grudge")Even after this sentiments disappeared, for some reason the Smooth Apology option was still displayed for B, and A would suddenly be mean to B. I think it's because the negative emotion is still there. I want to solve this situation. I can't use mods because it's a console version. Please help.I think it would be better to move this topic to a bug report.

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