Two of my sims are suddenly gay and in a relationship with each other «12...Next Go

CursedDice

I was paying attention to another sim when I saw one do blow kiss interaction so I went to see what that was all about and it turns out she has has been building a romantic relationship with another one of my sims to the point they're lovebirds. They're not part of the same family, but knew each other and now live in the same house. Has this ever happened to you? At first I was thinking how to undo it, but I may just leave it the way it is

citysimmer

This has happened to me multiple times, usually it's because it was during a club gathering where 'be romantic' was a club activity or because one of the sims involved was Flirty. If it doesn't mess up the story I have planned I tend to just leave it that way, lol

TheGreatGorlon

I've not had accidental gays yet (I actively make them gay, so HA!), but I have had weird romantic relationships pop up within households I hadn't played in a while. For instance, I have my one main family, the son, Jayden, married Alexander Goth. Peachy and all that. After their marriage, I went to another household to play around, and then basically bounced around to multiple other households for a good while. I kept seeing Jayden pop up in the city at festivals and events, and didn't think much of it. Eventually, when I worked back around to my main household again, Jayden now had this romantic endeavor with a random girl townie - all this while he's married to Alex. So yeah, I've had the reverse happen.

sunblond

In my very first game, I was trying to create a love triangle with a teen from my main household and his BFF since childhood with a female teen townie. I had all three at the BFF's house and was trying to have both boys flirt with her, but while managing the household adults, I went back to the teen boys to find the two of them flirting with each other and a lot of pink bar already, so they ended up together, and married with an adopted daughter. That's one of the best parts of this game, the random events that happen that can introduce the unexpected.

CursedDice

One of the sims in my OP now also hates/dislikes three other sims for whatever reason. No idea why

metalfenix_Raf

I wish my game does accidental gay couples..but it seems to think that is up to me lol

catloverplayer

TheGreatGorlon wrote: »

I've not had accidental gays yet (I actively make them gay, so HA!), but I have had weird romantic relationships pop up within households I hadn't played in a while. For instance, I have my one main family, the son, Jayden, married Alexander Goth. Peachy and all that. After their marriage, I went to another household to play around, and then basically bounced around to multiple other households for a good while. I kept seeing Jayden pop up in the city at festivals and events, and didn't think much of it. Eventually, when I worked back around to my main household again, Jayden now had this romantic endeavor with a random girl townie - all this while he's married to Alex. So yeah, I've had the reverse happen.

Possibly met at the romance festival?

AriaMad2

I wish my game would give me random gays; that would be one of my favourite things!

NorthDakotaGamer

I modded my game so that can't ever happen anymore. I am a traditionalist when it comes to that stuff I love the mod. It only allows for flirting with the opposite gender and is very much needed for to stop some of the random flirting. Same person made a mod that would only allow flirting with the same gender, so they catered to both preferences.

Zeldaboy180

NorthDakotaGamer wrote: »

I modded my game so that can't ever happen anymore. I am a traditionalist when it comes to that stuff I love the mod. It only allows for flirting with the opposite gender and is very much needed for to stop some of the random flirting. Same person made a mod that would only allow flirting with the same gender, so they catered to both preferences.

Gays have been around since the dawn of time, I wouldn't call that "tradition", but you do you.

MoonSim

I wish! I generally create non hetero relationships but my game rarely instigates any kind of romances without my control! My sims need to put themselves out there more lol.

So_Money

Sooooo ... Back to the original topic, I haven’t seen this occurring randomly. And I’ve logged 150-ish hours in the game. I remember reading somewhere that sims have a hidden gender preference and that it is possible, but I’ve seen no evidence of it.

Cupid

So_Money wrote: »

Sooooo ... Back to the original topic, I haven’t seen this occurring randomly. And I’ve logged 150-ish hours in the game. I remember reading somewhere that sims have a hidden gender preference and that it is possible, but I’ve seen no evidence of it.

I haven't seen it much, either. My sims mostly stay on the path I set them on.

There is a hidden gender preference system though, so if you don't sort of point your sims far enough in the intended direction they might start experimenting.

Nindigo

Autonomous romances was more a thing in TS3 - with a disregard for gender. But if unplayed Sims do enchanting greets there is no telling who they'll end up with. Also, mods featuring story progression will create all sorts of couples. It's true that unplayed Sims will develop random friendships and enemyships that you'll come to learn of when you return to them. This is a thing.

Kellogg_J_Kellogg

I say roll with it and see where it goes. Maybe it's a passing fling, maybe not. The only time I've seen this sort of thing happen was when Catrina Lynx was trying to hit on one of my female sims. My sim rejected the advance in the end.

Stina1701A

I've had it happen rarely but when it does I just roll with it or just use the nifty 'lets just be friends' interraction.

GalacticGal

That's not supposed to happen in the game, or so we were all assured.

Annie2008

I like variety with my sims, just like the real world.

luxsylvan

Lol, talk about a gay agenda. (kidding, kidding please don't at me but the opportunity was perfect).

In all seriousness, I haven't had this happen before. I'd be annoyed if it did, but I'd be annoyed if they were straight too. I don't care about friendships and want my Sims to take care of that on their own to some degree but the romance just has to work with my storylines. I don't want them involved with anyone else when they're supposed to be a loving loyal spouse. I often had this problem in TS3 where my married/dating Sims would go off and have affairs with someone and I'd be like "?! Excuse you? Who gave you permission?" 😂 I have had same sex roommates have whims to flirt with each other, but I don't really ever have romantic interactions of any sort happen unless I make them (again, that's how I like it, for reasons stated above).

PearLady

That happened to my Gen 1 heir when she was an elder still married to her husband (also an elder). She had dated guys her whole life. And yet, during a trip to the city, I found her chatting it up (romantically) with a lady on a bench. A different sort of love seems to run in this family I've found (and I've played into it because...well, it's a story). Gen 2 has two kids (now Adult & YA), the eldest brother discovering he was gay as he became a young adult and the youngest brother hitting on various ages, including an elder in...the city. Careful going to the city, kids...apparently it's a wild time. ;D

CursedDice

luxsylvan wrote: »

Lol, talk about a gay agenda. (kidding, kidding please don't at me but the opportunity was perfect).

In all seriousness, I haven't had this happen before. I'd be annoyed if it did, but I'd be annoyed if they were straight too. I don't care about friendships and want my Sims to take care of that on their own to some degree but the romance just has to work with my storylines. I don't want them involved with anyone else when they're supposed to be a loving loyal spouse. I often had this problem in TS3 where my married/dating Sims would go off and have affairs with someone and I'd be like "?! Excuse you? Who gave you permission?" 😂 I have had same sex roommates have whims to flirt with each other, but I don't really ever have romantic interactions of any sort happen unless I make them (again, that's how I like it, for reasons stated above).

I had someone's boyfriend autonomously flirt with another female sim I made in another family right in front of his girlfriend (who is the sister of the sim he was flirting with)

duhboy2u2

I always assumed there was some sort of algorithm in place for that. The sims, other than outward appearance, seem rather gender neutral. I'm thinking they are programmed with the "If not x then y." argument in mind. The game checks for gender preference (meaning previous romantic leanings) and if none is present then it does a random roll on whether to initiate romance in that current situation? I could be completely wrong, and it might not be that at all, but its what makes sense to me.

katrinasforest

I'm not sure if there's a hidden setting or not. I had one Sim who'd had eight boyfriends suddenly show interest in a girl at a bar. Of course, the next time they met up, they got in a spat and the romance bar went in the red. Go figure.

One thing I did appreciate was that when I stated my Sim was Unflirty, she never autonomously flirted with anyone. For me, that was an important part of her character and the game seemed to go with it.

soko37

This is not anything strange to occur. It has happened a few times for me as well. I dont see it as a big deal.

I also have hetero couples go on double dates or even married people that autonomously flirt with the other's partner right in front of everyone. I think it only seems like a big deal or something to write about because its same sex.

OEII1001

I have never seen this happen over the course of the 4779 hours I have put into the game thus far. In fact, the only time that I have ever seen a non-played sim begin a romantic relationship with a sim of any gender is when I encouraged one to seek another out via dialogue.

Vampris

Yeah for some reason in my experience Sims tend to lean to the same gender. Idk guess overpopulation won't be a concern there.
maybe @luxsylvan is right

soko37 wrote: »

This is not anything strange to occur. It has happened a few times for me as well. I dont see it as a big deal.

I also have hetero couples go on double dates or even married people that autonomously flirt with the other's partner right in front of everyone. I think it only seems like a big deal or something to write about because its same sex.

Probably just surprised there isn't a gender preference coded in, hence suddenly gay