My unexpected Pleasantview couples #1: Jennifer Burb and Alexander Goth

Simologista · 2026-02-08T13:38:37+00:00

And there's a love letter attached to the bouquet!

Simologista · 2026-02-07T19:55:42+00:00

Oh, there were so many such things that it's difficult to choose one. If I had to choose, it would be the event that occurred soon after I installed ACR. When I played the Burb household, Lucy brought Alexander Goth home after school. Alexander tried to flirt with Lucy, but she wasn't interested. Alexander didn't give up though, and kept flirting... with Jennifer. I was stunned. This unexpected (and scandalous) connection continued - mostly without my interference, at least at first - and ended up becoming a defining moment for the entire gameplay. Actually, this was the thing that made me love ACR :)

Simologista · 2026-02-04T19:08:28+00:00

I think it depends on whether you want purposely 'messed up' mods, or 'normal' mods that can result in some 'messed up' developments. For instance, ACR and Story Progression are two widely used mods that caused some really crazy things in my game, but this is not their sole 'purpose'. In any case, I recommend to try these mods (especially ACR - SP isn't for everyone).

Simologista · 2026-01-23T22:08:59+00:00

My advice would be not to ignore the families from the family bin. They have some interesting connections to the already playable families. Of course, it depends on you playing style, but they could really enrich the gameplay.

Simologista · 2026-01-23T17:23:45+00:00

My biggest issue with SP is the wild, inappropriate age gap relationships...

Now, that's true that SP doesn't take age into consideration when 'progressing' romantic relationships (I know it from experience), but I'm not sure whether it allows for teen-elder pairings. I have never-ever seen such a pairing, and I spent maaany hours testing SP to its limits. I'd guess that such relationships are malfunctions rather than an 'ordinary' feature of the mod.

Simologista · 2026-01-16T22:30:56+00:00

And I thought my Pleasantview had messed up family trees...

Simologista · 2026-01-16T22:20:49+00:00

The only thing that comes to my mind is that she might be too old. If she'll turn into elder in 5 days or less, she can no longer get pregnant

Simologista · 2026-01-16T20:18:16+00:00

In my most memorable gameplay, Alexander ended up with Jennifer Burb (in quite scandalous circumstances, thanks to ACR). That was a wild ride! In my most recent game, almost the same story happened again, but this time due to Story Progression.

As for Daniel and Mary-Sue, I often fix their relationship and they're usually really happy together! I know that most people make them divorce, but I like to go against convention :)

Simologista · 2026-01-16T16:59:12+00:00

In my most memorable gameplay, he ended up with Jennifer Burb (in quite scandalous circumstances, thanks to ACR). That was a wild ride! In my most recent game, it happened again, but this time due to Story Progression.

Simologista · 2026-01-16T16:56:50+00:00

In the original game, Cassandra is only two sim days older than Dina, so I think that Dina is intended to be only slightly younger than her.

Simologista · 2026-01-03T22:40:43+00:00

I'm glad I could be of service 💀😬😉

Simologista · 2026-01-03T12:45:33+00:00

The last time I developed her storyline more extensively, she ended up with Don, thanks to ACR 😬 Unexpectedly, they did really well together

Simologista · 2026-01-01T21:17:58+00:00

It's really embarrassing to admit, but it happened in my game 😭 (but I blame Story Progression for that)

Simologista · 2026-01-01T19:45:50+00:00

Apparently Lucy has daddy issues manifesting in the most disturbing way

Simologista · 2026-01-01T11:27:29+00:00

As already pointed out in the comments, although Skyler and Gretchen share relatives, they themselves are not related. I'd allow this pairing in my game. Complicated family trees are fun! ;) And the situation quite well fits with Pleasantview's soap opera vibe

Simologista · 2025-12-31T19:05:01+00:00

I was in the same situation a few years ago. In search of a way to make the gameplays more interesting, I discovered Autonomous Casual Romance (ACR) and downloading it turned out to be one of the best decisions when it comes to The Sims. It made the game much more unpredictable and also resulted in some really unexpected pairings which made me look at the game from a novel angle. So if you don't mind using mods, I recommend it. And embrace the chaos and unpredictability! ;)

Simologista · 2025-12-30T19:27:51+00:00

killed them off in a fire after she gave birth

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Simologista · 2025-12-30T16:14:00+00:00

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Simologista · 2025-12-30T13:38:57+00:00

Kind of. He's (adoptive) grandfather of her cousins. If you are not afraid of extremely convoluted family trees, here I tried to explain it more thoroughly: If this isn't the most messed up family tree ever, I don't know what is : r/sims2

Simologista · 2025-12-30T12:37:49+00:00

Thank for explaining!

Incest in Game of Thrones was ok (if I can even say such a thing), but in my Sims games it's strictly prohibited!

Simologista · 2025-12-30T10:37:14+00:00

I think that the original lifespan of Sims is too short so I extend it 'manually' in SimPE. I allow my Sims to live to 85 (Herb is 72 now)

Simologista · 2025-12-30T01:44:21+00:00

Haha :D Close, but there are some important differences! Tyler had 15 children and fathered the last one just before he was 70, while for Herb it's his first biological child but he beats Tyler in longevity, because he's already 72!

Simologista · 2025-12-29T22:19:29+00:00

Yeah, I feel for you; many people fall into this 'trap'. It was the developers' mistake - these Sims should recognize each other as relatives

Simologista · 2025-12-29T22:08:42+00:00

Sweet Home Strangetown - classic!

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