They REALLY need to add a step-parent relationship...

JasonPogo · July 2017

So I know they show up in the family tree. But ingame your stepparent is just a roommate living in the same house as you. There is no special relationship flag. And when the kids Age up they can date marry or hook up with said step parent.

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

ladybreid · July 2017

I agree and in todays world it seems very odd that this hasn't been done.

alan650111 · July 2017

JasonPogo wrote: »

So I know they show up in the family tree. But ingame your stepparent is just a roommate living in the same house as you. There is no special relationship flag. And when the kids Age up they can date marry or hook up with said step parent.

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

I don't understand why most of the relationships show up in the family tree over live mode either! However, you technically aren't related to a step sibling or parent so it makes sense that it's a possibility. I have certain storylines that could call for that. I play my game like a soap opera!

LillyPutian0 · July 2017

alan650111 wrote: »

JasonPogo wrote: »

So I know they show up in the family tree. But ingame your stepparent is just a roommate living in the same house as you. There is no special relationship flag. And when the kids Age up they can date marry or hook up with said step parent.

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

I don't understand why most of the relationships show up in the family tree over live mode either! However, you technically aren't related to a step sibling or parent so it makes sense that it's a possibility. I have certain storylines that could call for that. I play my game like a soap opera!

It would be nice to have the option. Some stories would call for romantic relationships between step family members, but it would also be nice to acknowledge blended families.

Amj1995 · July 2017

I think this would be a nice addition as well as "in-laws".

KismetRose · July 2017

At least as an option where you can edit the relationship in the drop down. That way people who want to see that status change, myself included, can while people who prefer to have it the way it's currently set up also have the option.

hannaht413 · July 2017

Idk if this would affect their adult relationships, but with parenthood (I believe) they can assign other adults in the house as a caregiver which gives them a more parental relationship. It's not exactly step-parent, but it's something.

LillyPutian0 · July 2017

Yeah, I've been using that already. I had a foster situation (because I blended two families) and the foster sister became a sort of care taker to the younger brother. But, nothing indicates what her relationship is to her foster father and his second wife, nor to her foster sister, who was slightly older than she.

mintycupcake · July 2017

JasonPogo wrote: »

Now I know I will get the "you can do that in real life". Comments. But come on this is just sad and creepy.

So because you don't like it, it is automatically sad and creepy and no one should be allowed to play that way? Sure, seems fair.

haydub07 · July 2017

You would think they would add this, being 2017. They have the different genders thing so why not something as simple as step-parents?

Goldilock · July 2017

I would like to have both step-parents and godparents in the game.

Otoyo · July 2017

I too wish it would show case more complicated family relationships. The fact that a person can raise a child, from a child to an adult, as a parent (with all the same love and care) and still be labeled as nothing more than a roommate is very sad, and doesn't give us the chance to show off the more complex family dynamics of real life. I had one sim marry his fiance after she adopted two babies. The children weren't considered his in any way, but he ended up raising them as his own (becoming best friends with the adopted son and not his own flesh and blood younger son), but he was just a roommate in the end. That didn't seem to match as well. The parenthood pack helped a little with making them feel like a family though, but still they were technically roommates.

Valeah · July 2017

I agree setting the Step-Parent relationship should at least be an option.

Miki · July 2017

Otoyo wrote: »

I too wish it would show case more complicated family relationships. The fact that a person can raise a child, from a child to an adult, as a parent (with all the same love and care) and still be labeled as nothing more than a roommate is very sad, and doesn't give us the chance to show off the more complex family dynamics of real life. I had one sim marry his fiance after she adopted two babies. The children weren't considered his in any way, but he ended up raising them as his own (becoming best friends with the adopted son and not his own flesh and blood younger son), but he was just a roommate in the end. That didn't seem to match as well. The parenthood pack helped a little with making them feel like a family though, but still they were technically roommates.

I couldn't agree more. It does seem that the characters themselves just lack depth in their interactions. Aside from a few added interactions such as "lecture on responsibility" and "help with homework" , the parent/child or parent/teen relationships are otherwise simply room-mate situations, and as such the roommate dynamic is not a lot deeper than "friends" they have from other households. And, of course, aside from the jealousy reaction to flirty interactions, even spouses don't demonstrate much that is different from friends. And if there is a "flirty spouse" reaction, that being "Very Angry", once that buff times out, the dalliance "never happened". Off the radar.

I don't want to sound picky or unappreciative, though. More depth to each sim is only on my wish list.

KiaraSims4Mods · September 2017

Still waiting.........for in laws, step kids to be added under relationship panel...

aloadai · September 2017

Even if you marry the mother or father to the new sim, it still doesn't change the relationship between the kid and the new parent? They really should include this new relationship.

SimsPlayer1196 · September 2017

Yes, in-laws and step-parents are a must!

SimTrippy · September 2017

Agreed would like to have this too!

GamerGirl_12 · September 2017

It does actually step mother and father are there so are half siblings

MidnightAura · September 2017

Given that blended families are so common these days it's pretty sad that a step parent is not recognised formally. It's weird that my sim who has been brought up by her step dad since birth can grow up and form a romantic relationship with him.

It's even stranger that in laws are not recognised and again darn right creepy that in laws can hit on their son and daughters in law (and occasionally autonomously do) and yes I know that can happen in real life but I shouldn't have to watch my sims in laws and children in law to make sure there isn't anything inappropriate going on.

The sims 2 and the sims 3 managed this feature fine, it boggles my mind that the latest game cannot do this.

SimsPlayer1196 · September 2017

Yes, they really need to add in step-parents. It would also be cool if you could set step-parent, and other relationships (like aunt, uncle, etc.) in CAS!

friendlysimmers · September 2017

or another option the best one for me is keep sim single parent no roomate at all

SilentKitty · September 2017

I wish we had step-parents, it would make it so much easier to move two households together. At least that it was something that we could set ourselves. It is sad when a sim raises a child and isn't recognized.

LeGardePourpre · September 2017

@JasonPogo

In GP05 Parenthood, the stepparent can become a legal guardian of their spouse's children ("Adopt as Care Dependent").

Later the adult (dependent child) will remember the parental role of the guardian/stepparent.

https://twitter.com/SimsVIP/status/870448413380423684

TaktischeMP · September 2017

I have a young adult that when I went to introduce her child to her grandparents, her kid was not recognized as family to them. It was on family tree but not under relationship or any special interaction. Apparently, grandparents is as far as it goes. It was quite a bummer. I understand great great great grandpa could get a bit ridiculous, but it should at least have one 'great' since that would be the latest on the timeline playable together.

HarlowandMe · September 2017

yeah they really do need to add it in

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