Dear Xay . . . I didn't have the energy to go through all of the steps suggested - to save game, etc. Although, I'm sure they probably would have worked. Time wasn't really on my side either since I wanted to cancel my Real Arcade membership and had to do so by today. They have assured me that - in the future - I can also update any time I need to. What I did was pause my games and then uninstalled and reinstalled. I lost my former games and families, but I am well established now in the first generation of five new families.

The version I had before was 1.00.01 and the new version I now have is 1.00.05. The problems - with no marriage proposals and the details saying the single family member had children when they didn't - started in each case on the 31st generation. No problems with these issues before that. The only issues I had before that was that I never had the opportunity to praise someone about the 'stinky' fish or the latte making since those things never occurred with the 1.00.01 version.

I will miss my five families, but I am already getting used to my five new families - I like to play five at once. The hardest thing is getting used to not having money, since my former families were multi-billionaires for a long time. One new poor wife/mother had to work overtime even though she was tired 'cause her husband had a headache and they didn't have the $5 for the medicine (or anything to sell). I knew better than to let him languish in illness since at times it has taken forever for a family member to improve once they get 'weak' status.

Anyway . . . I guess my game now is more realistic, given the current economy, lol. I am looking forward to them becoming a little more affluent though. Thanks for your help. If I have any further problems I will try some of the tips in the links you gave.

P.S. This is the first time that I updated my game since purchase. Thanks again . . .