Relationship questions

[snoodess]

So I have 20 Sims (level 36) and I'm eager to get to level 40 for the Island bonuses. Only 15 of my sims are adults. They've all had big parties at the nightclub so they are almost all best friends now. Can I complain/be rude to reset those relationships? I tried for a while and it seems they are all still best friends. How do relationship dynamics work? Is there an FAQ? I searched but couldn't find one. Thanks!

[Mon789]

You can complain/be rude to 'undo' the relationship but it takes a long time.
Are you wanting to do it to get the XP? There are lots of other ways to get better XP (and easier!)
Overnight make sure your sims are doing planting such as garlic to get good XP return in the morning. I don't know if you have the hamburger plant get but you get around 2700XP in 12 hours for that one. Also try movie marathons or reading (12hr option) for good XP too.
Also hobbies are good for XP. Ghost hunting now has even better XP rewards for the last 2 new lines of ghosts.
Oh and the 1hr option of snowboarding/tobogganing at he snow park is 540 XP.

[snoodess]

Such great tips. Thank you! I just got the hamburger plant and love to collect after a night of at least 12 sims planting!

If I'm actively playing I do a lot of 4 minute hobbies. I have six woodworkers, four fashion designers, and at least two ghost hunters going non-stop for an hour or so. I usually have one doing social goals (I want that Scandinavian house so bad but blew points on both houseboats so I'm very slooooooowly building back up), a teen doing music and another doing hobbies or random tasks, pre-teens doing random tasks (hoping for resources), a toddler doing cute stuff with an adult baking or gardening or taking care of him. I can add another sim now at level 36 but I'm debating if I want to do another baby to toddler or if I should add another adult. I have 15 adults, 2 teens, 2 pre-teens, and one toddler.

I feel like I'm playing a lot of catch up compared to longer-term players who got a lot of simoleans/lps/etc. from prior glitches. I just crossed the 3 million simolean mark and I try to keep a healthy stash of LPs for impatient goal completion (I try to keep around 200). So many things are so super expensive I feel like I need to plan my strategy more than just experimenting. I loved the huge XP bonus I got from the nightclub initially but once everybody is best friends that's gone.

[babhiemiao29]

I have a question regarding the topic:


I am currently at level 29 with 16 sims.

The mayor of the town , Nick married Brandy and had a kid named Marcus. When Marcus had a birthday and became a pre-teen, Nick's best bud Zac invited him to move in together to the highly infested haunted house to continue their show: Ghost Adventures.

Nick tried to tell this to Brandy but she just got furious and broke up. With a broken heart, Nick said that he can move in already with Zac. Surprisingly enough, Zac's sister Emma was also bunking a bed in the HH and the days went by and they fell for one another.

Nick wooed Emma through simple hand kisses and music until they hooked up.

Plucking up the courage to propose to Emma, Nick pulled out a vending machine ring and asked Emma if they can be wed as soon as possible.

Emma, with a sad face said no. Nick asked if it was about the ring but she said it wasn't.

Determined for them to have their own family, Nick proposed again with a silver ring (3 wooping LP's!) but Emma refused to be engaged to Nick.

Am I missing something here? if your sims had kids already and broke up with the biological mother/father they won't be able to be engaged again? Im confused!

Brandy branded Nick as an acquiantance while Marcus branded Nick as a stranger. This is so weird!! Anybody had the same experience? Although Emma's and Nick's love story is progressing at an interesting note, I can't get them to be engaged no matter how long they do romantic interactions. Please help?

[katgames]

I feel like I'm playing a lot of catch up compared to longer-term players who got a lot of simoleans/lps/etc. from prior glitches. I just crossed the 3 million simolean mark and I try to keep a healthy stash of LPs for impatient goal completion (I try to keep around 200). So many things are so super expensive I feel like I need to plan my strategy more than just experimenting. I loved the huge XP bonus I got from the nightclub initially but once everybody is best friends that's gone.

Just a comment for what it is worth.... It sounds to me like you are playing a good game and using good strategies to get where you want to be... Just keep doing that. Do not concern yourself with "playing" catch up with longer-term players. I used to feel that way too. It made me impatient. I read some information in a thread here about "Massive TV" and learned that the rules of the game have changed. So in a sense you are not really playing the same game they are playing. So don't frustrate yourself...just keep playing YOUR game cuz it sounds like your doing great! If this is not relevant just dismiss my comments. I just relate to feeling sort of amazed at some of the places once we got neighbors and I felt like I couldn't get there from here. If you have 3 million § you're doing fabulous.

[katgames]

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Am I missing something here? if your sims had kids already and broke up with the biological mother/father they won't be able to be engaged again? Im confused!

Brandy branded Nick as an acquiantance while Marcus branded Nick as a stranger. This is so weird!! Anybody had the same experience? Although Emma's and Nick's love story is progressing at an interesting note, I can't get them to be engaged no matter how long they do romantic interactions. Please help?

Did they get divorced? Or just "break up?"

[babhiemiao29]

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Am I missing something here? if your sims had kids already and broke up with the biological mother/father they won't be able to be engaged again? Im confused!

Brandy branded Nick as an acquiantance while Marcus branded Nick as a stranger. This is so weird!! Anybody had the same experience? Although Emma's and Nick's love story is progressing at an interesting note, I can't get them to be engaged no matter how long they do romantic interactions. Please help?

Did they get divorced? Or just "break up?"

I can't seem to remember. it might be that they just broke up

[katgames]

I think to get engaged to someone else they'd have to be divorced. Emma's not going to agree to marry an already married man. What kind a girl would do that!?? *grins*

[babhiemiao29]

But I made sure first that they broke off (I think its just breaking off was my only option at that time). After the break up, whenever I try to interact Brandy to Nick it shows that they are only acquiantance. While with Marcus, it only shows that Nick's a stranger.

Curiouser and curiouser

[Lishws720]

I don't know if this will help you, but when I had a couple divorce, all it took was one minute of complaining. Then, the divorce option came up when the menu popped up between them. I know there was a relationship glitch a few updates ago, but I thought it was resolved. Anyway, from my SFP experience, Brandy and Nick definitely need to divorce before he can go to Emma. And, if possible, Nick should build up a positive relationship with Marcus! They need to be on good terms!