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How many Sim marriages end in divorce?
XKidsInLoveX
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Just curious as to how many of your sims' marriages end in divorce, seeing as how statistics are showing that now a days 50% of all marriages end in divorce as of 2011, so, what are your sims stats? 
Mines like .00001% as ive only had it happen once since 2009 and then i had them remarry because my sim found out she was preggo like a day later ha
Mines like .00001% as ive only had it happen once since 2009 and then i had them remarry because my sim found out she was preggo like a day later ha 0
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Hahah! I like to find out if they're compatible before they get married. If they're not, I don't force the marriage. All my compatible Sims have had successful relationships. They don't autonomously argue. They may drift apart momentarily due to demanding careers or raising a family, but they still roll wishes to be romantic with one another. I only force negative reactions if I'm playing a fun/test type game, like I just started with this new Sim I made because I've been wanting to use the Cow Plant, since I haven't yet.
My main sims ever rarely divorce. As for townie's....some of them get divorced every few simweeks. But it seems to be dependent on their traits and what one of Twallan's personalities they have, if any.
I once read that Parker and Bebe divorced after about three or four kids together. But after a few simweeks and a baby in another relationship by Parker, they got remarried. Remarriage is very rare in my game, so I thought that was special.
I've played in some towns where a few couples will never get divorced even after 20+ weeks of gameplay. Start a new game in the same place, and some of them will be divorced by the first week's end.
Sims are fickle so I tend not to dwell too much on what is happening outside of my own Sim's household. I rarely play more than one household at a time, and when I do it's because the subsequent generations of the starting household have moved out. :XD:
But I've never had my own Sims autonomously divorce. I've forced divorces before, but that's about it.
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Ugh I hate the midlife crises! Threatening to break up my happy Sims' marriages! Is there a mod to make those not happen anymore? I don't mind the get a tattoo, change your hair, remodel your house wishes. But the cheat on your spouse wishes get under my skin!
Edited to add: I apparently have OPINIONS! tonight. haha. I should probably go to bed. Goodnight Simmers!
They roll wants to cheat, move, get tattoo's, loose weight, ect.
It only happens if they don't get their lifetime wish halfway done by adult.
You get wishes that you cannot remove until you fulfil them (or the midlife crisis is over).
They're usually normal wishes like to flirt with a sim (usually not your sim's own spouse if you have one), move into a new home, quit their job, and of course, divorce their spouse. Basically their mind is all screwy and in need of changes to spice up their life-- or atleast that's probably what they were going for. I more often than not just ignore these wishes. :roll:
OK I'm going to bed after submitting this (I PROMISE) but basically, it's like a rebellious phase for adults, it happens when they age up from YA to Adult, but it doesn't happen to every Sim. It came with Generations. They get all kinds of wishes...buy an expensive car, get a tattoo, flirt with the maid, divorce their spouse, etc. If you get a certain amount of those wishes done, you get a really positive moodlet for a week after the crisis is over. If you only get one or two done, you get maybe a +10 moodlet for the week. It's not mandatory to complete any of the wishes, I just hate that the cheating ones come about to begin with, especially if your Sims don't have traits to warrant those wishes. Also you get a negative moodlet for a day or two if you deny all the wishes. And the moodlet icon is ugly. Haha.
If a sim cheats of free will, I will break up and divorce, but I don't force that kind of drama into my game. I like my world to be happy. I have made a ****** sim who was a shameless flirt but I don't intentionally break up my couples or town couples.
Hmm, yeah, they can marry. Get a couple of kids. Then they begin to fight and then divorce and the children have to sleep over in moms or dads house evere now and then. Maybe dad can get a really mean stepmother and get a baby? That baby can be really rude...! :P
I try to divorce my sims every now and then, cause I feel it gets more realistic if not each generation finds true love. But I never ever divorce the first sims wich I start up the family with in a new game!!
o I would say 10% chance of my sim being divorced. Maybe even 15!
I might just be a little bit cruel.
That's probably why most of my sims have a quiet 'private' marriage.
Also why hubby and I are still together after marrying in June '69.
Due to Twallan's SP lots of townies seem fickle but in my families it is "'till death us do part".