So if two people aren't compatible, do they get divorced eventually?

If one dies while the other lives can they get remarried?

If they can and there's already kids from the first marriage do you see any step-parent issues?

I have no idea about the divorce issue.

But I have seen in another thread that sometimes another marriage is possible.

Step-parents...not sure. Probably not, considering I've found no issues with my adopted children in my families.

Well, if someone experiences any of this I hope they'll chime in.

There is one thing I'd change if I could - the age of the potential mates. It seems they're all within one year of the main family member. But IRL it doesn't always work that way. I, for instance, admit I'm shallow when it comes to age. I'm ONLY attracted to men OLDER then me. I don't get along with younger guys/guys my own age, and would rather be with a man in his 60s then a boy in his 30s. When I play VV I always mate the older men to the younger women.

And of course there's women who prefer younger guys - though why I don't know. I know why I'm attracted to older men - my personality meshes better with their's what with my tastes in music and a lot of my old fashion beliefs and ways. Plus women do mature faster mentally then guys. Still you have marriages like Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. (And on the other end Harrison Ford and that stick figure he married.) And they're happy marriages.

So there defiantly should be a bigger variance in ages for mates. There's absolutely no reason a 40 year old man can't propose to a 28 year old woman in the game.

I believe it depends on when your adoptee gets married. I had a bachelorette for a while who rejected all marriage proposals at first. When she finally got married, her husband was several years younger than she was.

I've got one where the woman is about 5 years older than the man. As mentioned, it depends a lot on the age of your adoptee, and which proposal they accept.

I don't see a trophy for divorce XD so maybe they don't get a divorce. I can however see one getting married a second time if the first spouse dies when the other is a relatively young age. The game guide mentioned that the next generation can take over when they are old enough and one of the parents dies. So I think if the children are over 20 or so, and the parents are not of child bearing years (I think sometime around 40 the woman can't have any more kids even under normal circumstances), there probably won't be any more proposals coming in for the Spouse who is single. Younger than 40, or no children old enough to take over the house, might make for a new round of proposals.

I got an adopted girl in one of my families (the event pop up guilted me into it tee hee).

She was so unruly!! Her favourite activity was "banging plates", and got the Red Glove so often her status went down to A Bit Blue in a few minutes. She also tended to say "jealous of the new baby" a lot - huh?! There was no new baby, she was the new one...

So perhaps there may sometimes be issues with none biological kids, maybe it comes into it too with step kids too (if that ever happens).

Anyway...I have to admit that I got so annoyed I erased her from existence....I deleted that save game and replaced it with a back up ...

Okay. I'd just like to see an older man/younger woman marriage! LOL

It's too bad not more then one generation at a time can live in the house. Like say both parents die and they have one kid at college and one or more under 20s living at home, the oldest comes home to raise their brothers and sisters, maybe even gets married. Opens up all sorts of new problems! *chuckles*

I haven't had anyone die yet...so I don't know. I am a little curious about irreconcilable differences though!

Would be fun to find out, I suppose. Maybe I'll run a second family and marry them to someone who's nothing like them.

Oh, the sacrifices our pixelated friends make!

Well, let us know what happens

I will. I chose a Lobbiest who likes bathing and doesn't want kids.

Alright, hopefully the woman I chose for him is different enough. She doesn't have any likes or dislikes listed, but she "maybe" wants kids and is an english tutor.

Edit again: I gave her an encyclopedia and now she likes tv.

Oy vey! I haven't tried to make them have kids yet, but I'll tell you something, they do not want to work in their careers. Every time I look away they're off doing something else. I'm constantly scolding them. How can I afford anything if they won't work?!

I think I accidentally picked someone he actually is compatible with! Yeesh! They just had a baby ON THEIR FIRST TRY and he doesn't even want kids!

They don't like scolding. You could try making them work, then praising them when they actually *do* work.

Oh I've done that. I just scold them when they leave the work table when I JUST put them there to go watch tv or something.

Try praising them with the fruit or candy!
As an example, I don't ever use the red glove on the adults, I just use the green and the other praising items and they all work enough to get at least one promotion a day.

YMMV

I repeatedly praised my parents, and they usually get one or 2 promotions minimum a day .

Well, if I need them to do one thing and the second I put them down they try and goof off, they're getting scolded! And praised when they stick to what I want them to do.

I'm starting to wonder if it's even possible to pick two people so dissimilar they fight all the time. I've got three different families going and so far even though likes and dislikes and feelings about children are different, none of them fight or seem to dislike each other.

I'm not completely sure of the in's and out's of the game so far but my understanding is...

if you put them at the work area and praise them it helps...but if you put them at the work area and they walk away and you scold them, you are actually scolding the thing they are walking off to do.

Make sense?

I don't think it works to scold them for not working or not doing something...it only works to scold them for something they are doing and shouldn't be.

Plus, if they are getting scolded for a variety of things or conflicting things they will get confused and depressed.

I suggest praising them right away when they even begin to try to work at the career. If they walk off, check to see what they are going to do before you scold them. Then just put them back at the work area and repeat I think this will help prevent confusion and apathy.

that is what i do, i rarely scold only when drawing on wall, piking on fish etc., i reward good behaviour and if they walk away from something i want them to do i just put them back until they get it . it seems to work pretty well with my families

*sighs* I'm scolding them for goofing off, like going to watch tv instead of working. I praise them when they work.

Ha! Finally got two people a little dissimilar. She hates green, he likes it. Not much but it's something. Fourth family's the charm. LOL

Now I've got five families running at once!

Okay, it really does seem like even if they're not compatible, they don't fight and such. So I guess there is no divorce in the game.

On a side note, one of my families wouldn't have had children if the father hadn't adopted a child before he wed. Every attempt failed and I never could get them to work long enough to afford baby boost. Well, the adopted child went off to college and here they are in their 50s - and a 3 year old boy showed up on their doorstep and they've adopted him too. He loves to clean. LOL

I'm just wondering, what's the oldest to have babies? I have a mom who is 46 and a dad who is 49 and I'm just wodering if anybody else has had babies when they were older than that? Here's a pic:

I've had a 49y old mom, I think the dad was 47y but I'm not sure.

I've had a 50yr old dad and 48yr old mom. They had a baby on the first try. (whew! )