Growing Sims

It's amazing what these Sims get up to when you're not controlling them. I thought it was about time I got boyfriends for the Maniere sisters who were still young compared to their contemporaries. Sonique was in danger of catching up to them. Well I needn't have worried. In my absence it seemed that Mariane had got to know, and fall in love with, Victor Lillard, or near enough that I didn't have to do much to seal the deal. He wasn't the best looking guy for Mariane. I'd hoped for someone a bit better looking since she is attractive. Maybe it was his money... Anyway, it didn't take much persuasion to get Victor to move in and it was only when a helicopter arrived that I realised he was a business tycoon and pretty loaded. No wonder Mariane had her eyes on him. Genieve didn't really see the attraction but could understand the financial aspect considering the house they lived in was a dump. Victor, naturally, couldn't bear to live in such a house and as soon as he got back from work, he and Mariane moved away to a grand house at the other end of Veronaville.

A night-time helicopter view of the new house.

Mariane was so overcome with its grandeur that she proposed to Victor on the spot and he agreed. There was an old graveyard beside the house. The headstones were swiftly moved over to Bluewater cemetery. Once the house had been decorated and furnished to their satisfaction, Victor invited the wedding guests and they got married the very next day. Talk about whirlwind romances on this game!

Wedding guests gathering.

The bride is fashionably late.  There's a trend here for evening weddings!

That left Genieve at home alone but it seemed that she too had got to know a guy called Jonathan Ternynck. He wasn't much of a looker either but good enough for Genieve I suppose. Who was I to argue when they'd done all the work? A similar thing happened. Genieve invited Jonathan round the next day but he brought a friend with him who he seemed to lust after... She wasted no time in asking him to move in and he said yes without hesitation. The seedy little house was no good for them either, even though Jonathan is just a paramedic. Genieve sold off the junk, kept anything she treasured, and they moved to a two-bedroomed house nearer to Mariane. No wedding bells in the air just yet.

Not a good photo - Jonathan moved his hand at the wrong moment.

Poor old Gerd, in comparison, has found romance such a struggle and remains single to this day. His hopes to woo Mariane never came to anything and here she was married off to the local rich guy. He had aged rapidly in any case and is now 61. Adopted daughter, Jasmine has moved to college. He'll be lonely once again. Perhaps I should try and find him an old widow or make a new one for him. I do feel sorry for him. He's a bit of a failure.