Well... the morning after my last post, I woke to find poor old Max had passed away in our sleep. My lil Kara and Star were obviously depressed and I didn't have much time for consoling them. I bought them something (can't remember if it was the grill or patio,) praised them a couple of times, fed them breakfast and set off about my day. I returned later to find my lil Kara had gone to join her Max and lil 18 year old Star was alone in the house with an interesting email awaiting on the computer:

So much for not getting any more proposals!! I laughed, paused the game, thinking my little experiment with my glitched family had come to an end, and came here to post what had happened. Then, I saw the replies about Stephino and Star and thought "hmmm.... I wonder if Star will get some freaky blank proposal" *giggles* So, today I finally had time to return to that little family and unpause them. First in the inheritance line-up was Stephino:

Does it get any more perfect than that? I just couldn't pass him up! Needless to say, I hit adopt without even looking at the other children (sorry Star.)
His first proposal (and now wife) wasn't too bad either:

She didn't win us any trophies, but I don't think they will be hurting for money and hopefully not for children either.

As for as forgetting Max, I don't think I need to worry about adding a note about him. He won't be forgotten. I remember him every time I see that blank spot on the family tree next to what appears to be a single mom with six kids (including triplets!)