Growing Sims

I haven't done much with the Randoms lately.  They're such a big family (duh) that it takes a while to get them anywhere. 

Hortense and Enid finally finished university and movied into a modern apartment in Pleasantview.

Nigel, meanwhile, succeeds in getting the flu all the time and has just given it to his new boyfriend - new neighbour Kieran Brannon, who has moved in.  Kieran is overtly gay and didn't want to live in such a desperate-looking house.  He's just remodelled the place with a sunken lounge in the middle of the (now) square house.

Woody and Charlotte are still in limbo in their freshman year over in the university.  I think I'll make them fail - getting them through college is such a drag.  Terence will soon become an adult.  The rest are a squabbling mass.  Adopted son, Tyler, is now a teen.  That leaves Candida and Henry as the last two children.

I'm a late-comer to this game (as if you couldn't tell) because my previous computer just wasn't powerful enough.  I'm learning new things all the time and discovered all these challenges others have done, such as a Legacy challenge, which other blogs are written about.  They're up to their 10th generation and more.  I don't think I'll bother with a challenge, just yet - too much work.  I'm happy to let my Sims do what they want with a bit of guidance from me.  I've ended up with favourite families or favourite characters and the Randoms are definitely not one of them.  I'm rather glad Nigel, and potentially Woody, are gay - they're unlikely to breed or adopt.  Yes, it is my choice but sometimes I just want to keep them happy - give them a kid to deal with or cement their love or something... all makes it interesting.  I'm not doing the 10 kid thing again though!  The village will be overrun with Randoms.

This will be my last entry for a week or so.  Other matters in real life need my urgent attention.   The Sims 2 is way too addictive - much better than Sims 1.  It's so much easier to get them to fall in love and move in and have kids and the kids actually grow up and do the same, so that whole new dimension is still very addictive for me.

In the meantime, if anyone reads this, give me some feedback!

Byeeeeeeee!