Dating a Foreign Shop Owner

[Sofila]

My sims is dating Youssef Nagi, who runs the book store in Egypt. He has a house there so obviously he is considered an actual resident, and not just a random NPC who happens to have an amazing energy battery that lasts the entire holiday...

Anyway, I thought he looked hot and that he makes a fab holiday lover for my sim So I invited him to my sims actual home. There they had their little giggles and what not... but even though the romantic level was all the way up to 'irrisistable' there was no option for going steady, moving in, proposing or anything!

Is this another bug or is it actually not possible to build a family with a foreign shop owner?

Thanks!!!

[samoht04]

My sim married the Chinese bookstore woman. There has been a bug mentioned, but sometimes the relationships can be complicated.

In the top left corner, there is a box with relationship when your sims are socialising. Under that a box which says what the sim thinks of your sim. You must queue certain socials to advance in those levels.

Find out if the sim is in a relationship before, you could still break them up, but that's mean, (depends what type of player you are  )

Romantic
 - You must get the sim thinking your sim is extremely irresistable, the options should then appear.

Friendly
 - Move in requires the other sim to think your sim is either socialable or friendly, then the option should appear.

If that doesn't work it is probably a bug.

[Edited for punctuation and typos.  Please use preview before posting to avoid excessive editing.  Thanks!  -Pam]