My new gen female had just married a guy with a blonde mullet and a kitchen career (same workroom as her.) She got the trophy for marrying rich. Just after eating, the guy made a latte and got another trophy for us, so despite his hair and his not so enthusiastic approach to the idea of having kids, we were pretty thrilled. Then, suddenly, my game crashed. I've never had that happen. Just a windows pop-up asking if I wanted to send an error report. I clicked "Don't Send" and relaunched the game. What I found dumbfounded me. There was a strange man in the kitchen preparing a meal.

I searched all over for the real hubby and he was nowhere to be found. So, I opened the family screen:

It seems the game thinks my little lady is still single and this strange man does not exist in the family. Oh, the trophies are gone as well.

I closed the game and relaunched it three times. The stranger was still there and she was still alone on the family screen. I restarted windows. No change. So, I'm back to last night's backup file for the previous gen. But I thought I'd post what happened, if not for entertainment value, perhaps it can be useful for some programming purpose. :P

Some hobo off the street that decided to move in? (I literally lol'd reading this)

Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about that situation. When there's a crash, the game is terminated suddenly, and it is unable to save during the "ungraceful exit" that follows. Since the game saves its progress automatically every 10 minutes, the most you can lose is 10 minutes of game play, but sometimes that progress can be significant (as you've discovered).

I did too when it happened, Krystal.

Yes, Barbara. Thanks for the reply. I actually expected the new gen to be gone completely because I've seen you post about the 10 minutes before. It was the stranger that gave me one of those "what the heck" moments. hehe

You really never know what's going to happen on the "other side" of a crash.

lol, "hubby replaced by stranger" might not always be a bad thing.

OMG! Thank goodness that never happened to me! Imagine wat Kara felt! One minute,I got married,we were in the kitchen,I turn around and this ugly guy is standing there! I would be kinda scared.

Why do good glitches never happen to me? I love strange glitches.

yeah, but she went from a mullet guy to a non mullet guy!!! it's win/win

Sounds like a plot from a 'B' movie - I love it!