The GO Treatment Centre - A Stranger from a Strange Land

[Lilygirl]

Dear GO Treatment Centre Staff:

My name is Judy and I have a referral for your program. I understand there will be mostly teenagers at this time but please, please find room for my son; he may be a young adult but I believe he is stuck in the teenager phase, I fear it may be permanent. My son is the third of four children and it seems the genetic coding did him a great dis-service. From the time he was little the children would tease him mercilessly, including his siblings, and he, well, he isn't coping very well. It may be my fault, perhaps I should have pinched all our pennies so we could afford counseling for him sooner but with four children and a rather un-ambitious husband, I did the best I could.

I am referring him now because things have taken a dramatic turn for the worse this past week, ever since his birthday. I had him in a mentoring program for teens here in Sunset Valley and the man they paired him up with is wonderful - they share a love for the outdoors that had them instant friends! My son idolized his "big brother" but I fear it has gone too far, please help my son with his identity crisis before he steals anything else and everyone runs him out of town.

Please consider my referral of my son:
 - Arlo Bunch, age: YA
 - Traits: Loves the Outdoors, Athletic, Excitable, Insane, and Kleptomaniac
 - Treatment Goals: Put his Loves the Outdoors and Athletic traits to good use instead of for stealing (maybe a firefighter or the military), I believe he has a few skill points in fishing but I could be mistaken. Also, if you could please encourage him to attend a SWAP meeting, I would love to see him replace his insane and Klepto traits with more useful ones. Third, he and his siblings have very strained relationships as you can well imagine, I would love to see him learn to interact and connect with people in a positive manner.





Mr. Christopher Steel would appreciate his identity back (although he says Arlo can keep the pajamas) so if you could encourage Arlo to connect with his own personal favorites, I know he still has those tucked away deep inside his heart.

I hope Arlo will forgive me for this "tough love" mothering and will write to me but he has promised to keep a journal at the very least. I will send notes and care packages as I am able, and will encourage his siblings to do the same.

Please take care of my baby and give him the opportunities to find himself and learn to love himself and others that I couldn't.

Sincerely,
Judy Bunch

PS. I apologize ahead of time if he steals someone's shoes, or anything else.

PPS. He will be bringing his tent and sleeping bag and intends to demand the right to sleep outside. I ask that you consider his request but leave the decision in your hands.

Oh, one more thing, to all those that know our family well, Arlo did have a nose job recently but refuses to talk about it.

OK, I'm signing off for certain this time. I look forward to hearing back from you. ~Judy

[Schipperke]

Dear Ms. Bunch,

Thank you very much for referring your son Arlo to the Treatment Centre.  We are honoured to be entrusted with the care of such a special young man and will be pleased to do everything we can to help him achieve his goals.

Of course he may sleep outdoors if he wishes.  We have a small wooded area on the grounds which I hope he will enjoy.  And we will definitely encourage him to express his own personal style instead of trying to mimic Sunset Valley's Dynasty king.  I hope you and Arlo will start thinking about what traits he would like to SWAP for his Insane and Klepto traits.  Perhaps Handy, to help him succeed in the military or firefighting career, along with something else?

Thanks again for your referral.

sincerely,

The Management

[Schipperke]

By the way, I'm a little disappointed to not have heard from those whose Sims have returned home from the first program.  Have you checked their inventories?  There should be a little special something in each Sim's inventory.  I hope the items in question didn't get lost in transit.

[Gogowars329]

By the way, I'm a little disappointed to not have heard from those whose Sims have returned home from the first program.  Have you checked their inventories?  There should be a little special something in each Sim's inventory.  I hope the items in question didn't get lost in transit.

Sorry about that Schip. Forgot to post after I looked through Callum's inventory. The items didn't get lost so everyone did get their books. Those book titles gave me laughs.

Are we allowed to refer someone even if we participated in the first lot?

[Schipperke]

Are we allowed to refer someone even if we participated in the first lot?

Of course!  It's first come, first served.  And I'd love to have another Sim of yours.  Callum was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed his distinctive style.

Thanks for getting back to me about the books.  I'm glad they got through.  I wonder if The Sweetest Pea has seen Trisha's book yet ... 

[Gogowars329]

Of course!  It's first come, first served.  And I'd love to have another Sim of yours.  Callum was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed his distinctive style.

Thanks for getting back to me about the books.  I'm glad they got through.  I wonder if The Sweetest Pea has seen Trisha's book yet ... 

Well if no one has referred by tomorrow I will send someone. Can't today as I am without Sims for the day.

[Lilygirl]

Thank you to the GO Treatment Centre management for accepting Arlo into your program; he is very happy to hear he will be allowed to sleep outside and will not need to share a room with a complete stranger.

I have added Arlo's contact information to my previous post, sorry for the forgetfulness on my part.

Sincerely,
Judy Bunch

[Ausette]

I spent my morning reading this story, and it's wonderful! I would love to enter a Sim myself but I don't have anyone appropriate. Maybe I'll have one by the next program. 

[marwolfer]

To Whom It May Concern at the GO Treatment Center,

I desperately need your help! My name is Ashley Cruz, and my husband and I would like to make an official referral for our son, Jude. You are our last hope for helping him. We don't know where else to turn! Perhaps a bit of background will help you understand how we are at our wit's end!

Jude is our second child and only son. My husband and I were both elated when he was born: Genius and Handy! He was well on his way to becoming a very successful child and possibly even becoming a world renowned scientist! We nurtured his gift obsessively, but perhaps we were a bit too forceful. He failed to make any friends as a child and thus became very Inappropriate in social settings. We hoped that once he entered high school that everything would even out and he would begin to make friends! Unfortunately, Jude only became more obsessed with science. My husband and I fear that he has gone completely Insane. Most recently he has shown some Evil tendencies! Oh, Watcher, we cannot allow this to happen! My husband and I find ourselves completely inadequate to deal with Jude's madness. Please help him to not go down the wrong path!

Thank you!
Ashley Cruz

REFERRAL INFO

Name: Jude Cruz
Age: Teen
Traits: Genius, Handy, Inappropriate, Insane
Goals: Jude needs to make some friends! Please help him focus on being nice to others and treating them with the correct manners instead of being rude and inappropriate. He is welcome to hone his handiness and logic, but don't let him spend all his time holed away in the library!
Other: We will be sending him lots of letters from home and care packages if he does well in his treatment!

Contact Information:Exchange

[Schipperke]

Marwolfer, thanks very much for the referral.  Before the Treatment Centre staff can officially respond to your referral, there are a couple of points that need to be clarified. 

I don't recognize that hairdo.  Is that custom content?  If so, please review the referral guidelines at the beginning of this thread and make sure your Sim is entirely free of custom content.  It is important that Sims being referred be uploaded here, as they need to comply with the Swap Shop rules for content, etc.  I am not going to download Sims from the Exchange.

If you have any questions, let me know.  As soon as I know your Sim is free of custom content and has been uploaded to this thread, the Treatment Centre will send a letter formally acknowledging the referral. 

[Ausette]

Schipperke, the hairstyle is almost certainly from the store. You can buy it here. 

[Schipperke]

Thanks for the link, Ausette!  I found out it's a hairdo I actually have  but have been having such problems with Create-a-Sim lately that to be honest I've lost track of what all is in there.  Oh, that new computer can't arrive soon enough. 

So Marwolfer, sorry that I didn't recognize the hair.  And I'm glad it's something I have as it really suits young Jude.  As long as there is no custom content in your Sim and when you've posted the link here, we're good to go.

[marwolfer]

Thanks for the link, Ausette!  I found out it's a hairdo I actually have  but have been having such problems with Create-a-Sim lately that to be honest I've lost track of what all is in there.  Oh, that new computer can't arrive soon enough. 

So Marwolfer, sorry that I didn't recognize the hair.  And I'm glad it's something I have as it really suits young Jude.  As long as there is no custom content in your Sim and when you've posted the link here, we're good to go.

Sorry for not getting back to you! Yeah, there's no custom content and I made sure not to use the expansions you said you didn't have. :3nod:

I wasn't sure if an exchange link would be good or not. I'll edit his referral with the file ASAP! Edited!

[Schipperke]

Sorry for not getting back to you! Yeah, there's no custom content and I made sure not to use the expansions you said you didn't have. :3nod:

I wasn't sure if an exchange link would be good or not. I'll edit his referral with the file ASAP! Edited!

Excellent!  Thank you!  You'll be receiving your acceptance letter from the Management shortly.

[thesweetestpea]

Of course!  It's first come, first served.  And I'd love to have another Sim of yours.  Callum was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed his distinctive style.

Thanks for getting back to me about the books.  I'm glad they got through.  I wonder if The Sweetest Pea has seen Trisha's book yet ... 

No, I haven't. I will check her inventory, but you know where I was from your PMs.