What do you guys do when you get disinterested in a family?

[Britt93414]

I'm playing a legacy, and My founder's spouse just died. Everyone is done grieving now, but it's starting to become boring.

My heir wakes up, goes to school, goes to work, comes home, complains, does homework, does whatever (showering, eating, peeing) she needs to do and goes to sleep.

Her brother wakes up, goes to school, comes home, does homework, sets up pranks, does some skilling, calls up the guy I'm thinking about setting him up with (however he's a young adult right now) and tries to get his relationship up with him. and goes to sleep.

My founder jumps on the trampoline all day. Thats about it.

I'm just starting to get so bored with it. And I really don't want to, because I want my legacy to work out. But I just don't know what to do. I'm about to play them now, so maybe my heir will age up and I can get her settled in a job or started on a romance. Or started on some chess games. I don't know.

So tell me, what do you guys do when you get bored with a family, especially a legacy or dynasty?

[KirbyAndKat]

I give some thought, then eventually delete the family.

[warr2098]

I copy the town, and play a different family in it untill I'm bored then go back 

[alex51299]

If you have Pets than maybe get a horse or something. Or just play another file for a while.

[MoMoll]

I "save as" and make different scenarios. For instance, even if the couple are head over heals about each other (and I'm getting bored with them); I'll have one cheat. Or, I'll have one of their kids go completely bonkers and do insane things.
The thing is, once I've gotten to a stable legacy; I save different games and think "what if?". Then I play out the various scenarios. You can think of it as in real life. "What IF, I didn't get pregnant at 23; What if, I stayed married to a rotten husband". See what I mean? "What if?......."

[amyrose]

You could set yourself goals to accomplish like supermaxing a skill, or try and do things you haven't done before like different careers. Hopefully this will help stop you from getting bored.

[Britt93414]

Thank you guys! I played and My heir turned YA so maybe it won't be as boring now. I'll probably start another challenge hood. I want to try the baby boomer challenge, so I'll probably start that soon.

Thanks guys!

[KrispyNickyB]

I usually take a break. I have my Dynasty and my Legacy. I'm writing stories for each. The Millhams for me right now are in a  slump like you described. So I don't play them as much. I play in other files.

[Anushka]

I keep setting the goals and speed forward on boring days. And I use the high free will and random button on traits to spice things up, sometimes simply sending your Sims to a venue can add a twist. Trying time machine, minner, new careers of LTW I haven't so far can add more interest. Looking for a new friend or pursuing some skill challenge can also be challenging. And collecting things and earning trophies. I used to play ghost hunters and firefighters in dynasty file, just to make it more involving and interesting.

[pallyndrome]

I know this sounds bad but I kill a sim. Usually it changes the dynamic of the family, but there's other ways to change it - have a baby, start a new career, move to a new house, get married, send boring kids to boarding school etc.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

I create a temporary just-for-fun file with new sims and eventually, I'll begin to miss my other family.

However, that's only ever happened once and I missed my Dreamers after a day. I love playing them more than my dynasty, because I use cheats and cheats are so fun! I love my dynasty as well though, I doubt I'll get bored of them for a while.

Take one of your sims and attempt to do something you've never done in the game before?

[Frey]

 This happens to me all the time, and is partly why I've never been able to complete a Legacy challenge. Even if my computer doesn't decide to sabotage me, I get bored with the family eventually.

When I get bored I create a new file and start experimenting with crazy stuff, like breeding mummies with simbots and then their children with ghosts and so on. I love experimenting with the crazy sim-genetics! Then eventually I go back to the previous file.. or delete it, if I just don't feel like playing it again. Or sometimes I start remodeling the same town where the family lives. I also start cheating... making needs static so they have more time to do fun stuff. But cheating can get really boring after a while too.

I know this sounds bad but I kill a sim.

Oh, and that too .

[FrostFlower]

Honestly, when I get bored, I just delete the file. Which is one reason I'm very tempted to try some of the challenges or dynasties. I got a little bored with Sims Medieval because it was pretty much "do this, now do this, lather-rinse-repeat." But I often get bored with Sims 3 because there aren't really any guidelines at all to speak of and nothing forcing me to try new things or challenge myself. So I'm thinking something in the middle might be just right.

[mandamouse123]

I tend to stick to creating sims that are similar to me: friendly, family oriented, gardening, cooking sims.  Even if one of my sims in my family doesn't have those specific traits, I find myself making my sims do those type of things anyway.   So now I purposely choose traits and jobs I haven't done before, or that I find difficult.  I also have stopped directing my sims to do every little thing.  I find that it's much more fun to watch rather than bossing my sims around.

[cndneh]

I move back and forth between games, I'm trying legacies but have a hard time following rules and staying focused, so I move onto another game, I look up old challenges and work on them, they sometimes lead me to playing them after the challenge is done and creating families for them.  I have several immediate games on the go (not including official challenges) I have an Orphanage Project (as many children aged up in 10 weeks following set rules etc for aging up), A "complete all LTW" project I've set myself (awesome for exploring all careers and skills and wishes, including ones you didn't think you'd like! Perfect for people like myself who get distracted easily ), Also a couple of 'legacy' type stories, one with elves, one with just normal sims.

So the simple solution is if you get disinterested in a family, move to a new one, the interest might come back and then they are there waiting for you.

most of all have fun!