Thanks Magz and Audren!
I wasn't planning on updating again until my G2 was ready for ambrosia, but her story is burning a hole in my brain, so here goes:
Greetings, weirdos! Allow me to introduce myself.
I'm Linmayu Hayati, second generation heir of this immoral dynasty.
(That's not a typo and you'll see why later.)
So, I'm assuming you already know my Mom and Dad. I love Dad to death, but I just can't seem to get along with Mom. No matter what I do, it's never good enough. From my time schedule (Linmayu! Get in the Motive Mobile! There's no sleep in a dynasty house!)...
...to my studies in school (Linmayu! Do your homework! You don't want to grow up inappropriate like VJ uncle, do you?)...
...to my romantic life or lack thereof (Linmayu! What are you doing at the martial arts academy on prom night?)...
...to my choices of clothing (Linmayu Hayati! Will you please take off that Egyptian burqa and put on something attractive? Christopher Steel is coming to visit!)...
...she's never satisfied.
But I guess it's a rough job being a dynasty spouse.
Which is why I wonder why she keeps trying to set ME up with the oldest and least competent men in town.
(Ayesha: Count your blessings, daughter,
I could have made you marry Iqbal uncle. Household space is limited, you know.)
I don't doubt she would have done exactly that, if the poor old guy were still alive. Grimmy came for him while waiting for VJ uncle to come home from work (burned to a crisp as usual) and celebrate his 40th birthday.
Rest in peace, Iqbal uncle. You were a good father, a great fisher, and an excellent sparring partner. Monika misses you a lot, but don't worry! We'll keep an eye on the nooboo for you.
Speaking of Iqbal, Monika, and my romantic life...there is only one person in town I am interested in marrying, and it's their older daughter, Chasity, who is just 6 months younger than me.
We were on the rugby team together in high school, and I love her. Naturally, Mom says she's off limits, on account of the fact we're both girls. Sigh! Why couldn't Mom have eaten more apples while she was pregnant with me? The garden's full of 'em!
Well...Mom's not getting any younger. Haha, when she had her 60th birthday, she refused to blow out the candles on the cake we bought her, and tried to hide in the bathroom instead. But the gray hair, wrinkles, and unfashionable clothes found her anyway. Old age waits for no Sim!
Anyway, she went through all that pain to give birth to me, so I suppose I should do the right thing.
But if I have to get married, and it has to be to a male, and I don't want to spend the next 50 years staring at a) someone I've lived with so long we might as well be relatives, or b) some geezer I can't stand like fatty Christopher Steel...
I'm going to have to break some hearts.
I think I can pull this off...but old Nancy Landgraab is NOT going to be happy with me.
See, out of all the old men I've had to entertain at the house every weekend since I was 14, there is ONE who I'm actually friends with. He loves the outdoors, hates technology, and he's only 39. But he's going out with Nancy. I'm sure he thinks of me as just a kid. And who knows if he'll be attracted to me or not, now that I'm grown up?
I gave my friend a call, and asked him to meet me at the park.
And I got him to break up with Nancy, move in, and propose to me within 60 minutes. Hey, Mom, don't say I never learned anything from you!
Unfortunately, old man Mortimer turned 40 the day after our elopement, and on our honeymoon he started freaking out and having second thoughts. This is where my dear husband slept during most of our time in Shang Simla:
Mom wasn't pleased with that, nor was she pleased with this:
Ouch! Poor Agnes auntie. It's not her fault, Dad's the one who can't stop flirting!
I'm told that when I was a kid, Dad actually flirted with my coach, Leighton Sekemoto, at one of our parties. Sekemoto was not impressed, and broke our sink before he left.
He still said it was a great party, though.
Anyway, while we were in China, both Mom and Dad completed their lifetime wishes, and I reached level 5 in the martial arts tournament. Mortimer got pretty good too!
The beautiful Sun Young Kim took my mind off my continuing marital problems.
Poor, loserly Jason had nothing to do but set booby traps all over base camp. I like to think I used my newfound adult powers for good. Ha, I'm only 3 months older than him.
VJ uncle, on the other hand, had too much to do. If he wasn't breaking the showers with Agnes auntie (they are divorced now, but that doesn't stop them), he was breaking them with Sun Young. Get a room!
But nerdy Miraj uncle was only interested in fishing and harvesting rare fruits at the orchard. He was truly in love with his girlfriend River, and had sworn to be eternally faithful to her...even though she is older than him, and got
as big as a house after their son was born.
You can already tell the kid looks like Miraj.
I fixed the weight problem when we got home. Both River and Chasity got plenty of free training sessions on my treadmill, and they're looking great! Not that they didn't
always look great, but...all 3 of us are Athletic, and we don't like being out of shape. Unfortunately, job stress can do that to anyone these days.
Speaking of Chasity, she is dating Jason now. Ugh! I expected this would happen, though I seriously question her judgment, and you don't want to know what I'll do to him if he ever hurts her, or knocks her up and doesn't take care of the kid.
And speaking of pregnancies...what's this?
Yes...thankfully...old man Mortimer has finally come to terms with his impending geezerhood, and with the fact he has a wife who is ruthless with a baseball. I've got to hand it to the guy, actually...he says yes every time I ask him to play catch, even though he
knows he's going to get hurt.
Sadly, Agnes auntie died before the nooboo was born. She was Mortimer's last living ancestor, and Jason's only useful one. They were both so depressed. We all were...she had been with the family for a long, long time. I even miss the way she used to harass me with her cane every day.
Rest in peace, Agnes auntie. You were a masterful painter, excellent cook, and all-around classy lady. We miss you.
And welcome to the world, Reshi Hayati!
I named her after Grandma Hayati, who was a legendary cook with an even more legendary temper. She Loves The Outdoors since that's where I decided to give birth to her, and she's also Excitable. At the moment it looks like she'll take after her mother, but who knows? I have my doubts as to how well old man Mortimer's features will mix with mine. We'll just have to see when she grows up.
After Reshi was born, Mortimer actually went to City Hall and took the family name. Truth be told, he didn't have to do that. But it was a sweet gesture which I appreciate, and let me know my handsome old husband is here to stay, and curse technology with me 'till death do us part!
I really do love the old man, even though he *is* a man, and even though his nickname for me is "Linappropriate" (which is actually very appropriate).
Speaking of girls who love girls...old Holly Alto absolutely makes me cry. Now everyone knows she's been partnered with Bebe Hart ever since they were high school sweethearts. Everyone also knows that Bebe desperately wanted a child of her own, but was never able to have one.
Well, what happened was, against all odds, Bebe got pregnant when she was near 60! Three guesses as to who the father was, and the first two don't count.
But after the baby was born, Bebe's hair turned white overnight, and within a few weeks, she was dead. The newspaper listed the cause of death as "old age," but Bebe was only 60. No one knows what really happened.
If I were Holly I would have gone insane! First of all, it's obvious that Bebe cheated, and secondly, it actually
killed her. But Holly did not go insane, get angry, or curse her Watcher. She just moved into the empty Hart house, and has devoted the rest of her life to taking care of little Abram, just as if he had been her own.
If love like that still exists in the Simverse, then perhaps there is hope for the world!
Don't get me wrong, VJ uncle is definitely helping, but he's kind of got his hands full at the moment...
Well, I have just a few things left to do before I can chill with Dad and eat some of that ambrosia that Agnes auntie so kindly hid for us in that walled-off room: get the meditation and Sim Fu King challenges out of the way, get to the top of the sports career (Ha!), make 1 more best friend (and keep the ones I've got for the next 30 years), then sit for my midlife crisis and old geezer portraits. I'll be sure to update you with a picture of my beautiful wrinkled-up face when that happens, but until then, peace out!
Immoral #2: Linmayu Hayati
Loves The Outdoors, Athletic, Technophobe, Inappropriate, Disciplined
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen, YA
Lifetime Wish: Physical Perfection
Level 10 Career: Athletics (in progress)
Supermax skill: Martial Arts (in progress)
Fully Owned Building: VJ's Budget Books (that name is VJ uncle's revenge for my stealing his sweet green midlife crisis mobile the minute I got my license)
Fully Upgraded Property: Crystal Springs
Three Unique LTRs: Fireproof Homestead, Speedy Cleaner, No Bills Ever
Six Best Friends: Mortimer Goth-Hayati, Chasity Morris, Lisa Bunch, VJ Alvi, Shen Su (1 more needed)
Six Black Ops: Stinky Bugs, Work-School Learning Project, The Boiler Room, The Research Project, Allow Me To Introduce Myself, Getting To Know...You
