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    We should be able to ask "How old are you?"

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    ShaneyBoyShaneyBoy Posts: 2,134 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    I mean, it would save me a lot of time. Sometimes my Sim is dating someone and when I finally move them in, I find out they are a few days from becoming a freaking elder, when my Sim is a young adult!

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      LewanaM00nLewanaM00n Posts: 321 Member
      Omg yes please!
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      EmzyDalsvidaEmzyDalsvida Posts: 15,617 Member
      Definately looking into detail but agree, the whole thing with young adult, and adult sms at nearly elders thing is super annoying
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      SucomSucom Posts: 1,709 Member
      ShaneyBoy wrote: »
      I mean, it would save me a lot of time. Sometimes my Sim is dating someone and when I finally move them in, I find out they are a few days from becoming a freaking elder, when my Sim is a young adult!

      Lol, this happened to me when I first started playing Sims 3. My young adult managed to find a male sim to marry and he aged up to elder the very first night. Gutted!
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      Poekie03Poekie03 Posts: 1,582 Member
      Agree! Would make dating a townie a lot easier. I had my sim dating a townie and when they got married and she moved in with him I found out she was 4 days away from becoming an elder :| I used a cheat to make her a young adult again because I liked her so much :p
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      dorotkaeladorotkaela Posts: 143 Member
      My sim was trying to get with this attractive sim-girl, but I couldn't see any romance interactions. I thought if they were good enough friends, the option would eventually pop out. In the end I realised she was a teenager! The horror! So yes, I agree that the question about age would be very useful.
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      dmel25dmel25 Posts: 1,514 Member
      Don't you you know you NEVER ask a girl her age... it's suicide!
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      Biotic_WarlockBiotic_Warlock Posts: 11,063 Member
      You should never ask a lady their age ;)
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      young_modernyoung_modern Posts: 22 Member
      When I first got the game, I was trying for days (sim days) to get a guy to like my sim romantically. Until I realised he was a teen. I just couldn't understand why the romantic interactions weren't showing up.
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      KrayzieStrykerKrayzieStryker Posts: 2,646 Member
      I didn't consider it but now i agree lol, but this where also in the previous Sims lol. I really never thought about this kind of feature haha
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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,628 Member
      Kelly_Blake wrote: »
      You should never ask a lady their age ;)

      Maybe Snob Sims could be upset when we do :)
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      SpradaciSprojSpradaciSproj Posts: 1,272 Member
      Well the sim children can "ask about being old" - one of those little touches that made me giggle. But I agree, there needs to be something. Maybe "Ask about Life Stage"?
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      ShaneyBoyShaneyBoy Posts: 2,134 Member
      SpradaciSproj wrote: »
      Well the sim children can "ask about being old" - one of those little touches that made me giggle. But I agree, there needs to be something. Maybe "Ask about Life Stage"?

      Yeah, that would be nice too!
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      FatCatFatCat Posts: 1,741 Member
      Well, you know that little info- pop up you get when clicking on a sim (middle-top conversation menu)
      which tells you their traits and job and such?
      Why not display life stage and age there? Or else, yes, please make it so we can ask :)
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      MsPhyMsPhy Posts: 5,055 Member
      The option to ask about age was something I appreciated with one of the NRAAS mods for TS3. Seems like it should be easy enough to do. If EA won't fix it, hopefully a creative modder will.
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      Lizziemay12Lizziemay12 Posts: 1,178 Member
      If the option is brought in, some sims (maybe those that are getting on) could refuse to ask, like dmel25 and Kelly_Blake are suggesting. On the other hand, some features to tell adults from young adults apart would be nice. I think some get wrinkles or frown lines as they age but it's not always that clear.

      I've had the opposite problem, where my adult male married in a young adult female. He died when she was pregnant with their second child but she begged for his life and he was resurrected. Then he died just before the first child was a teenager and I figured he had lived a long enough life. I might make his wife remarry if she finds someone worth it.
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      Biotic_WarlockBiotic_Warlock Posts: 11,063 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Kelly_Blake wrote: »
      You should never ask a lady their age ;)

      Maybe Snob Sims could be upset when we do :)

      Hah, sweet. Ask them anything about their money/job etc and they can boast. Ask them their age and experience an unholy wrath as you get beaten by a handbag from Harrods
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      SpradaciSprojSpradaciSproj Posts: 1,272 Member
      FatCat wrote: »
      Well, you know that little info- pop up you get when clicking on a sim (middle-top conversation menu)
      which tells you their traits and job and such?
      Why not display life stage and age there? Or else, yes, please make it so we can ask :)

      That's a good idea! :)

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      shadowcat85shadowcat85 Posts: 5,219 Member
      SpradaciSproj wrote: »
      Well the sim children can "ask about being old" - one of those little touches that made me giggle. But I agree, there needs to be something. Maybe "Ask about Life Stage"?

      They can? Lol I didn't know that.

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      Lizziemay12Lizziemay12 Posts: 1,178 Member
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      MsPhy wrote: »
      The option to ask about age was something I appreciated with one of the NRAAS mods for TS3. Seems like it should be easy enough to do. If EA won't fix it, hopefully a creative modder will.

      "Funny enough we're exactly the same age." I loved it :) If the sim was more/less than 5-10 days I would have said goodbye almost instantly.

      I can't wait for the next big game modder, like NRAAS industries, to come out and improve and already pretty good game. For now I'm happy with what we have at the moment, but these expansions better be awesome. For an 8MB game, however ... I hope these expansions are small (maybe less than 1MB each?) unless they are major ones like Pets or Seasons. But I'm getting ahead of myself, back to topic :)
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      icmnfrshicmnfrsh Posts: 18,789 Member
      Are there families that can't be touched by the manage households option? Maybe as an alternative for now, you can save your game, go to a sim's house (or move them in one if they're not in the world), check their age, and reload without saving.
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      SpradaciSprojSpradaciSproj Posts: 1,272 Member
      shadowcat85 wrote: »
      SpradaciSproj wrote: »
      Well the sim children can "ask about being old" - one of those little touches that made me giggle. But I agree, there needs to be something. Maybe "Ask about Life Stage"?

      They can? Lol I didn't know that.

      My one sim child's father became an elder & he's been able to ask that ever since.

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      Loreleilee73Loreleilee73 Posts: 222 Member
      Gosh, yes, something like this would be SO useful! Especially as teenagers seems to be the same height as adults (either that or I need new glasses lol).
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      MaclimesMaclimes Posts: 513 Member
      Forget the option to ask for age. Just have their age category show in the info box in your relationship panel (where it shows their relation to you, and any traits you know). In reality, I can usually tell at a glance if someone is in their 20s, 40s, or 60s.
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      ShaneyBoyShaneyBoy Posts: 2,134 Member
      FatCat wrote: »
      Well, you know that little info- pop up you get when clicking on a sim (middle-top conversation menu)
      which tells you their traits and job and such?
      Why not display life stage and age there? Or else, yes, please make it so we can ask :)
      Maclimes wrote: »
      Forget the option to ask for age. Just have their age category show in the info box in your relationship panel (where it shows their relation to you, and any traits you know). In reality, I can usually tell at a glance if someone is in their 20s, 40s, or 60s.

      Both great ideas! I like. :D
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      PenelopePenelope Posts: 3,298 Member
      And you should be able to tell when someone is a teen immediately by the options you're given. When you click on a random townie, it should say "TEEN" in large glowing red letters somewhere. LOL. OK, just joking about that ...maybe not large glowing red letters, but there should be SOMETHING indicating he's a teen.
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