Oh dear I'm so sad, my first person has died. I thought she was asleep and I clicked on her and her ghost waved goodbye to me.
Then I read the part about the new generation and I thought the son would come back and live with his father, so I clicked on new generation, but now I only have the son, and the father has disappeared.

It would really be so nice if the kids that reture could take care of the aging parent, but it doesn't work that way.

If I am correct, when you choose a child to inherit the home, they alone live there to marry and start the next generation. Any surviving parent and siblings who were still at home are gone forever.

The first time one of my peeps died, I actually yelled, "oh, oh, my goodness. Oh, no!" My grown daughter rushed in and asked what was wrong and I told her one of my little peeps died. She laughed at me and said, "Gee, Mom, I thought something happened to you. Stop scaring me like that!" Well, I couldn't help it. It was so sad and they wave bye at you and of course I waved bye back and told them bye, too. Gee, I have got to get a life, lol!

Don't feel too bad, cindy, I was pretty much in shock myself. Although I'm the type that gets totally quiet at times like that instead of shouting, but it was upsetting to me as well.

Geminoz6, the first time that happened to me, I was left with a very depressed widow. I tried for a while to get her to cheer up and then I thought -- Oh, I know, I'll have one of her kids move back in with her and be with her until she passes on.

Nope -- I found out the same thing you did and was not very happy about it either. I guess it's because the new generation has to use the only double bed in the game and that might have been a bit odd -- having Grandma go sleep in the kiddy room.

That is one thing that I would love to see if they ever made another VF - have a spare room in the house...that way "IF" the grandparent(s) is still around for the next generation they can sleep in there. Hmm...just food for thought.

If you choose the oldest child to take over, and there is a 5 YO I feel it should take the younger siblings!! having 5 kids, and mom dad dying?? what happens to the youngers??

I'm seriously thinking of pausing my first family forever when they get to 59 or so. My other fams I don't care so much about, but these have been with me since the begining! I'll be so sad if someone goes!

So sad that we have to wait for someone to die to move on to the next level!

If you look at the ages of all of the children, as you select who is to inherit the house, you will see they have all grown up.

All of them have grown up and are also the same age. There isnt the same age difference in them as they were as children.

When I started VF I choose Veronica, an engineer with a lovelly petit-pois red dress. Well, she quite has died on solitude and sadness because I didn't give her a good-enough husband. So, I choose her "Leonard", they got Madeleine, the triplets Amanda, Yolanda and Miranda, and then appeared Katiana, an orphan.

Well, a real week passed or almost 40 years passed in the game. The day Katiana went to college, Leonard died. Veronica was again depressed, exhausted and alone. An email arrived: not a kind word of the triplets or 1st daughter. Instead someone who said hate her hair and is going out the city. I gave her two Extra Camomila Drinks. I hope she sleeps thru the other side.

I am going to uninstall VF.

It is too much sad to me.

My condolences on your loss.

I also thought that maybe the older kids would come home, or come visit, or something. I had my first person die without warning (she hadn't even hit 60 yet) and her husband was left depressed. I realized he wasn't going to cheer up, and since I had been sort of attached to her myself (she was the original character I started with), I couldn't stand watching him by himself, so I started the next generation. But, where's Dad? I am wondering if daughter shipped him off to a home so she could have the house to herself. I prefer to think he is living at a retirement village and plays golf every day.

Thanks for your msgs, Luvplay and Fluffy.
I know it is just a game. But, come on!!, I play to feel happy, to have a good time. Now I am really sad...

My husband said: what kind of game is this? is that a lesson to children learn? To let their elders alone? Without news or else?
It is unfair: just one son have all: money, house, and a new life free of elders...

I really hope LDW rethink death and elders VF's next versions.

Yes it is very sad.

I really hated that thing of the children going to college and not even sending a "how are you guys" e-mail. I only got some e-mails of how they were in college on my 1st generation (I'm on my 3rd now).

My second generation couple died together, it was quite beautiful (if you could put it that way). I was away the whole night and when I started the game I noticed they were quite close together in bed (usually they sleep a bit apart from each other). Then the Adolfo's soul left his body, waved at me and the passing message came. Then the same thing happened to Pearl.
At least they were not left alone to suffer. They only left a 13 year-old son and I jumped to the next generation.

I think I'm not soooo sad when a generation ends cause we can play with their kids...

That happened to my first couple - they died together. Quite sad. They were only 65 and 63. That nosy neighbor probably found them - saw them through the window with his binoculars, no doubt.

The couple in my second family died even younger - Fabette died first at 58. Bohi was left by himself as the four kids were all off at college, so I bought him a dog to cheer him up. I thought there would be some interaction with pets, but I guess not. Then I was hoping that Bohi could remarry since he was only 60, but I guess that doesn't happen either. Bohi died several hours later at age 60.

I hate that these guys die so young! My Isola peeps lived longer than these guys do - maybe their diet of fish, fruit and coconuts was healthier for them than the organic stuff I'm feeding these guys. Or they are eating too many snacks.

Nothing better as a well sleeping night...

I was thinking about the game and what happened to my Veronica. Now I am a little glad. I explain:

1) I realized the game is cultural. It is perfectly normal children left their parents home to college and their individual lives in USA.

2) After 5 years living in Portugal I am really becoming a Portuguese (I'm Brazilian, from São Paulo). Portuguese people "love" to be sad. Sadness is a kind of beauty. Feeling blue they play "fados", as they say, "with a tear in the throat". Life is full of drama!

I am NOT going to uninstall my game. Veronica is still living. Today she made coffee, but is taking a nap. She is 62 y.o. now, and I am not a nut, it is just a game, I am curious to play the next generation.

But, please, LDW, next versions: more kind emails to the widows or lonely daddies from the children, not msgs such "jealous with the new baby" or "excited with the new baby" when mom dies, nor "I hate your hair" emails. Deal?

The I hate your hair mails are at random mails. My people get them all the time.

One of my VF members died this morning. My daughter who likes my 'little people' as she calls them, likes to know what they're up to. She'll sit and watch them wander around working or whatever, is interested in their work, babies and such.

I told her that the mother of my family had died this morning and described it to her. Her words: "Oh, she went to live with Jesus", which is what we tell her, with her great grandparents dying over the past few years. Now I have whole little virutal family heaven in my computer.

It teaches them enough to know that it's like life. Not many children stay with older parents. It's life, a virtual life, but life nonetheless.

Yes, but we don't ignore them for years until one parent dies, then kick the other one out of the house and claim it for ourselves. LOL!

i had two twins and when one of them go unhealthy at 15 but theyre wasnt any fruit to make them completey healthy and when i lefet after i came back and she was dead but at least the parents still have theyre 10 year and the other tin since my adoptee is at college .

I know how to have ghosts in the house.All you have to do is while they are dying and waving goodbye give the ghosts and them a scold with the red glove and the ghosts and the person run away.The bad news is that the family has no idea the person is there.Also the ghosts only watch tv and make breakfast for themselves.You cant even pick them up and they eat all of your food,but if you log off or leave them alone they die again.

That bug was fixed in updates after 1.00.02.

That's too bad. I think it would be great to have a ghost in the house...as long as s/he doesn't eat anything!

I am on my 5th gen on 4 games and one of them is getting ready to go to the 6th. I have had 2 couples in the same family (3rd & 4th gen) pass away together and not separately. It is nice for them, but hard when they leave kids behind. This is also the same family that I cannot get to live passed 57 for 3 generations and finally the 4th gen they made it to 58. I have others that have made it to 60 and 62 but that is it. I feed them all organics, fruit, vitamins, put them to bed when exhausted, etc and still no luck. all early 'sleepers' I guess. So far I haven't 'lost' any kids, just parents.

i only had parents, ive bene through 5 generations and i cant believe it... while i was adopting none was catching my eye untill i saw a virtual person just like me wearing my same clothes same glasses (orangish redish.) and it had black (blackish brownish hair..) just like mine it had my favorite job (artist) And my thing ive always said: wants kids? would be nice, I CANT BELIEVE IT! IM SO LUCKY! No Lie. and todays my birthday!

good for u Nate! happy birthday!

I have never actually witness the death of one of my peeps. They always die while I am out of the game and the next time I check on them, they are already dead on the bed.

What I want to ask is, how do you for sure know how old they were when they died? I don't see where it tells their age on the family screen details. I might know how old they were the last time I visited them, but several hours or even an overnight may pass before I go back and then find them deceased. I see people posting how old their people were when they died; I just wondered how you know. Thx.

If we dont actually see them die, we take the age that they were the last time we saw them and then (2 hours =1 Yr.) we basically estimate how old they might have been. The oldest i have ever seen mine is 71 and she passed about an hour later. (she outlived her husband by 6 years) If i go to bed and mine are 65, come back 8 hours later, I assume they were about 67 when they died. although they actually could have been 69. Hope this Helps..

But they don't actually age 1 year for every two hours. They do go from birth to two years old in only 4 hours, but from that point on they actually age 6 years in 24 hours -- which comes out to about 1 year for every 4 hours. So, if a peep was 71 an hour earlier and then gone an hour later, they still could have been 71 or if they were just about to turn 72 then maybe they did, but sadly, we have no way to tell. I just count the last year I saw unless it was from the evening before and then I figure maybe one or two years older as a "guesstimate."

Thx for your responses.

I guess my next question is--has anyone seen one of their people die? I mean like, if they are eating or working on their career or something when their "time is up", do they leave what they are doing and walk to the bedroom and lie down and die, or do they just suddenly disappear from where they were and reappear lying on the bed? I know, it sounds morbid, but just wondering if anyone has witnessed the actual death of one of their peeps.

The peeps are lying on the bed,Some times the husband and wife die together.Ive seen all my peeps die.

I think your peeps are too old and should have died before but you weren't on so the next time you open the game the die.

I think what Jenny23 means is have you ever seen your peep go to the bed and die? For every death (had 3 today..one was SOOOO sad), I've always entered the game and found the person dead on the bed with the ghost waving "good-bye".

So, has anyone ever seen their peep go to the bed, then die?

Thank you, ajuma, yes that is what I was asking.

My first guy died while repairing the floor. He was there, then I got the popup saying he died. Never even saw him on the bed or the ghost.

Freaky!

Well, I answered my own question (see post #196891). I just had a dad age 62 who was working on his career in the work shop. Then he just left the shop, went into the house, laid down on the bed and died. I didn't notice what the activity bar said he was doing (taking a nap, going to bed, or whatever) because I thought he was just going into the house to get a drink or something--I didn't realize he was about to die.

Hi Jenny23! I had a peep that ate dinner, got up and went to her bed to die. I didn't notice what it said in the bar either. I had no idea she was going in there to die.

ajuma, congrations...Keep it up!

(DD typing)

Jenny, when they die, they dissapaer (is that spelled right? who cares lol) from where they are. When Bryan dissapaered from the office, I was sssssssoooooooooo panicked! Then he waved at me and I waved too... I know it's just a game (you guys are shocked I know it) but it's sssssssssssssooooooooooo sad! But Kristina is doing good and....... I should stop, lol.

It doesnt show the action when they die, it just moves them from whatever they are doing and puts them on the bed, if you try clicking on them nothing will show up.

At least she died on a full stomach.

actually, after a bit of experimenting, i found out that so long the fridge is well stocked and you have enough money, kids can live in the house alone until they go to college