From My Perspective – Official DateHookup Blog

I admit it, I’m a Sims addict. They are fascinating creatures, and I think what captures me most is how accurately they mimic life. Granted, it doesn’t take an hour to prepare a sandwich and another hour to eat it, and doing so doesn’t really drain two hour’s worth of energy, but the developers have the aspirations and relationships down cold. Take me, for example. I so clearly have a knowledge aspiration. I don’t care that much about material things, and money isn’t all that important to me (although I’d like to not worry about it) but creative pursuits that further my knowledge and sharpen my wits are paramount. I’m pretty low on the cleaning meter but I have a few mechanical skill points because fixing things furthers my knowledge, and I’m maxxed out on the creativity scale.

My last boyfriend had a love aspiration, that was pretty clear as well. My favorite Sims, the Wingding family, consists of second and third generation Sims; a married older brother and his wife, their three children, a younger brother, and a random woman I moved in to help care for the kids (and get her 20K). I had to move grandpa Sulo out to the retirement village known as unassigned, because he was so cranky that everyone’s fun meter was sinking. I also had to get rid of four out of five graves of the previous generation because nobody was getting any sleep in a houseful of ghosts. One is enough to be amusing.

So that’s the Wingdings, and here’s what I’ve noticed. Oldest brother Cutty and his wife Bella Goth Wingding (married in from the neighborhood) both have a knowledge aspiration and they’re a great couple. They spend some time together, but are perfectly happy following their own pursuits. Bella eats like a horse and is always hungry, but she hasn’t got her cooking skills up yet and her recipe book is limited to things that aren’t very filling, like grilled cheese and toaster pastries. Cutty’s nearly maxxed out, so he serves up roast turkey and Baked Alaska for dessert. One more point and I think we can have lobster Thermidore. I’m not sure what that is, but it sounds delish.

Don’t worry, I’m getting to the point. Younger brother Alfie Wingding has a love aspiration and a real jones for Bella. He follows her around constantly with hearts shooting out of his head, and she mostly ignores him. This is exactly like my ex and me. He followed me around all the time with hearts shooting out of his….ok, let’s go with head, and I tried to ignore it and get on with what needed to be done. He needed constant attention, encouragement and feedback. When I was trying to work, he was a constant distraction. Often, it was only one subject “C’mon, baby, take a break and let’s go in the bedroom.” He had only three topics of conversation, sex, football and my lack of attention (I work from home, ok, I’m busy). You’d think that during football season I’d get a break and be allowed to work unsullied, but there was always halftime to make his pitch, and he required constant hotwing and beer runs, which, as the only sober adult in the house (ever), were my responsibility.

My next potential significant other will need to pass a Sims relationship meter. I think it’s possible that two real people with knowledge aspiration will forget to eat and shower, so I’m going to try out a family/knowledge aspiration combination on the next generation and see how it plays out.

Let me know what crazy things your Sims have done?

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