It's so sad! I was right though, I cried! How goofy is that! I don't know if I want to start the next generation or keep going with her. I don't know if I want to wait for her to die. What happens to the surviving parent when you start the new generation?

When you decide to start a new generation and there is still a parent, he/she gets "kicked out" which means they disappear and the picture on the family tree will stay lit up. It only dims when you witness a person's death in the game.

I didn't know about this and accidentally booted out my generation 1 female (who I named after myself) So I made up a story that she lived the rest of her life in a luxury nursing home in Florida. It's all up to you though! It's so hard seeing them pass away and deal with the loneliness and depression.. but I do feel better from letting them live it through and get happy again.

Well after you start the new generation any people in the house will not be there any more after you get one of the kids to inherit the house.


I am sorry Kissy i just lost a peep to his name was Bingo he lived to the age of 66....

Thanks all! ((hugs)) I think I'm going to send Java to be a snowbird, she can sit on a beach and play canasta all day!

Hi kissy06. I'm so sorry for you loss (and the families loss). I cried when my first peeps passed too.

I always let the surviving spouse continue on. I had this one mom who loved the swimming pool and would just swim and swim and swim. There was another who had thing for the treadmill and ran really fast on it! LOL!

You'll need that for each of your games. So far 4 of my games have it. I don't think my 5th game is going to get it with the current family because I've noticed that they've slowed down quite a bit and they're only 56 and 58 years old. Must have been those triplets they had when mom was 50! LOL!

I'm sorry about Kin Kissy, but it gets easier as time goes on. You get used to the fact that they have very short lifespans. It still saddens me when they die, but I don't cry like I did with my first one. That one was so very hard! It's unbelievable how attached you can get to these little guys. Now you get to enjoy another generation though, so it's not all bad. I do wish Arthur had made a family plot for the game. I'd at least like to be able to see their headstones after they pass.

I felt SOOO terrible when my first peeps died. I wanted to pause it and just leave them as they were...but I went on.

Now, several generations later, I find myself saying....ok...hurry up and die so I can try for that "same career" trophy again!

ROFL Ajuma! I hope I get to that point. I know that I need the last age trophy, but no matter where I tried to put her, she just kept going to bed. It was the same side that her husband died on, and it got too depressing to watch.
Lewanda, that's a great idea! It would be neat to be able to see a family plot, but only if the surviving parent ends up there too. I'd hate to see one spouse there by themselves.

I do get anxious about starting the next generation now but I still try my best to take care of my peeps. Specifically, when one of them passes at 60 or so and the other one is around for another 5+ years.

Hi Lyssaria. I just couldn't stand watching her climb into the bad and lay in his spot. That's all she wanted to do. I think I may try next time to stick with the spouse. It can't always be this hard!