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milkandcoookies
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16 days ago
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Sims remain recognized as romantic partners after breakup, marriage, and divorce

Issue Description:
I am experiencing a relationship status bug where Sims continue to be recognized as romantic partners even after their relationship has ended and they have moved on to other relationships.

Two Sims were previously in a romantic relationship. They broke up normally through in-game interactions, and afterward both Sims began new relationships and married other Sims. However, the game continued to treat the original pair as partners despite the breakup.

To troubleshoot, I attempted to reset the situation by having the Sims marry each other again and then divorce. Even after the second breakup/divorce, the game still retained the old partner relationship status instead of fully clearing the relationship history.

Expected Behavior:
After Sims break up, the game should remove the active partner/spouse relationship status so they are no longer recognized as romantic partners. If they later marry and divorce again, the relationship data should update correctly.

Actual Behavior:
The Sims remain flagged as partners even after breaking up, entering new relationships, marrying other Sims, and divorcing. The game appears to retain an outdated romantic relationship status that cannot be cleared through normal gameplay.

Troubleshooting Attempted:

  • Broke up the Sims through normal in-game interactions
  • Had both Sims enter new relationships and marry other Sims
  • Re-married the original Sims and divorced them again to force a relationship reset
  • Verified that the issue persists afterward

Additional Information:
The issue appears to involve the hidden relationship data/flags for the Sims rather than the visible relationship level, as the Sims have moved on but the game still recognizes them as partners. I have attempted to edit their status through CAS and it does not allow me to switch them from partners to household members. Additionally, they have broken themselves up on their own (after witnessing "infidelity" and yet they remain in this partnership. On their family tree, they are shown as divorced but also with the title of partner.

5 Comments

  • So I had been playing and broken up with my partner by means of let's just be friends... Then went into edit or something cas probably.. came back out playing normal.... Go to date someone else and all of a sudden it's saying that there's a scandal and that I'm a cheater! And I was like um no she's single??? ... Now come to find out after breaking up with them they have magically become my partner again. Even though I ended it. And when I x out of my game then reload back into it all of the partners are back again! She now has 3 different partners who are exes I broke up with ages ago! And I cannot MAKE IT STOP. I literally even deleted those households out of my game completely! Then re-added copies of them! And it made them her partners again when she doesn't even know them! And has never been introduced to them! I do not play with mods. This game is literally becoming unplayable.

  • thisisdumb-pink's avatar
    thisisdumb-pink
    Seasoned Newcomer
    8 days ago

    Yes that's exactly it! So how do I report it? Ive never had something so bad that I've had to before but this is making the game almost unplayable. Is this "reporting" it where I just post this? 

  • thisisdumb-pink's avatar
    thisisdumb-pink
    Seasoned Newcomer
    8 days ago

    From continuing to try and fix this issue now what I can see is it seems to only be the "ask to just be friends" button that is broken and causing these errors. When you just choose "break up" it does seem to stick and they stay broken up. The problem with that is it makes them hate each other, have negative emotions towards each other, and then has the title broken up under their labels. I don't like that.  "Ask to be friends" didn't have any of those consequences when it was working. But I guess it will do for now

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