World of Sims and the Married Couple

[tiff_jewels]

As I've mentioned my hubby and I now both play Sims.  I decided this might be the place to share the stories of what it can be like in a house of married Sim Players.

I've been sharing the laughter of how the gnomes move about with my husband since January.  Tonight he pulled up his house and the first words were, you guessed it, "Wait a minute.  What happened to my gnome!"  I once again explained to him how they disappeared.  "How far do they move?"  All over your lot.  "Uh Oh".

At this time it would be a good idea to mention he is currently playing with a 64 x 64 lot.  He then turned to me and asked, "Can they go in the house?"  They can go anywhere on your property, Dear.

He looked at the screen.  I could see him mentally reminding himself of the multiple levels he had created above and below ground.  He then summed it up best by simply saying, "You [edited - Pam]"

Let this be a lesson to all you hubbies that do not listen. Yes EA can be evil.

[Metropolis Man]

I wish my wife still played Sims 3. It's fun to compare notes and have little competitions with someone you love. We've done that back in the day with Sims 1, Civ 3, and Sim City 4. But, it's been ages since we've both played the same game seriously. She was quite into Sims 3 the first month I got the game. If I recall I even convinced her to post a question on this forum when I first signed up and was a newbie myself. But, for whatever reason it didn't hold her interest.

[MomOfMany]

My husband has absolutely no interest in the game. He will not even try it. There are times when I wish he would but then again I like that I can have the computer all to myself without him wanting to play. I play on the computer and he plays on his Xbox and we are both happy! My brother-in-law used to come over and play but he is away at college now.  My sister used to play to but her new computer will not run it and she hasn't gotten around to fixing it. So I am alone again with the exception of all of you which make it much more fun for me. And then all of Metro's challenges! They are absolutely the best.

[simfulicious]

My husband lovingly refers to them as "dummies", instead of "simmies".  He, too, as absolutely no interest in them.  There was a brief moment during Sims 2 that I thought I could get him to play, as he liked the whole digging for treasure aspect of the game.  One night I went to the bathroom and cooked dinner, and when I came back to the game my sims lot was dug up everywhere, and she was hungry, tired, and stinky! 

[Twinmum]

Hubby doesn't play. I'm sure in the ten years I've been simming, he has never had any desire too. My eldest daughter has the game, but rarely plays, but her daughter likes to sit and watch Nan play Sims. Of my 3 daughters remaining at home, the youngest probably plays it the most, but the twins do play now and then, so at least when I have something I really want to share, i can tell one of them and they know what I'm talking about. lol

Norma

[ratchie]

Hi there I'm new to the site, first post how exciting.  

My hubby plays the SIMS but we have major disagreements because he uses all the cheats and I don`t. I mean why would you cheat to get your LTW when that's the point of the game.
When I started my legacy I rushed into the other room to tell the husband that my family finally had four walls and a roof, he was not as excited as me for some reason.
By the way because he cheats he gets bored of the game very easily because it holds no real challenge then.

Rachel

[wildredchild]

Hi Rachel and welcome to the forum!  You might want to have your husband check out our challenges that Metro has made.  He might get interested and then maybe he will start to play without cheats and get more enjoyment out of the game.

[Metropolis Man]

Hi ratchie, welcome to the forum. Playing without cheats is a big adjustment for some players. If your hubby does decide to dive into a challenge, then have him first look at the Grim Reaper's Skill Challenge of Sorrow because you actually can cheat in that one. You can't go crazy and do things like teleporting and motherlode, but a couple key cheats are allowed, so he may like that event a lot. Plus it's really, really short so there wouldn't be time for him to even get bored with the event.  

EDIT: Oh, wild, I just noticed your new avatar of Sadie. Nice. My mom has a Sadie too.

[tiff_jewels]

Gosh I feel honored getting a first post on my topic line.

When I first wanted to try Sims I had the hardest time getting my hubby to help me load up what was then Pet Stories.  He made me wait for over a year before he fixed my computer to allow me to do this.  By that time I had lost the key code and it was hopelessly out of date anyway.  He felt so bad about this that he purchased Sims 3 and World Adventures for Christmas for me that year.

It was great!

Here we are nine months later sitting side by side on our computers.  As we all know a new pack of goodies called Fast Lane is coming out.  We were discussing it tonight as he was viewing over the exchange items.  He turned to me and said, "Hun, if there was ever a Sims designed for me it would be that one."

How is that for a turn around?  We should be happily getting new expansions as fast as they come out for at least another year.  I love my hubby.

[deculbert]

I read a lot of these posts and I actually want to know how many guys actually play the sims (any version).  Ive been hopeless addicted to it for a long time myself, and I have gotten my daughter and niece into it (hehe son doesnt really care)...

Anyway, I was just reading the post saying hubbys cant stand it and all, and it made me wonder.

[LlamaMama]

No longer being married has its perks, like free time to play Sims. Still, it would be nicer to have someone special to cook ambrosia for.

[AriaGirl77]

Hubs and I are the gaming couple, but he does not play Sims.  We used to play MMORPG's together, started when we were dating and went on until our girls were born, and then at that point I had to quit because obviously taking care of the girls comes first.  He still plays World of Warcraft, which is what we were both playing when our kids were born.  I was a guild leader, and he was very into the pvp aspect of the game and we had a pretty sweet little guild goin' on raids and stuff.  My college roommate and her husband both played with us, the husband and I were co-leaders of the guild.  And then we had some other real life friends who played with us as well as some loooong time online friends, some of them had been playing various games with us for 8+ years.  So it was a very experienced and mature group of players, and we had a lot of fun together.  I had a really hard time letting go, the social aspect really kept my attention.  But you can't hit pause on an MMORPG.

I had been playing Sims on the side since it first came out in 2000, and so it seemed like the logical choice for me.  I can play when I have the time, even if it's only for 5 minutes, and no one will get upset with me if I have to ditch and go AFK to change diapers or settle sibling disputes.

Plus I have you guys, so that gives me the social outlet that I need when it comes to gaming.   I love you guys!

[Esther1981]

Hi there I'm new to the site, first post how exciting.  

My hubby plays the SIMS but we have major disagreements because he uses all the cheats and I don`t. I mean why would you cheat to get your LTW when that's the point of the game.
When I started my legacy I rushed into the other room to tell the husband that my family finally had four walls and a roof, he was not as excited as me for some reason.
By the way because he cheats he gets bored of the game very easily because it holds no real challenge then.

Rachel

Welcome Rachel! But I disagree. I am a major cheater. I just finished the Grim challenge and although I could use the one major cheat I use all the time, I couldn't use the others I'm used to, so I think that's why I did so bad. But it was alot of fun, and I don't find that cheats takes the challenge out of the game. Me having to worry about keeping their needs in the green leaves me very little time for anything else, which does take the fun out of it for me. But, that's just my choice! My sister used to play the game before she went back to college, and it was fun having someone to talk to in real life about it!

[tiff_jewels]

Hubby and I met through an online game ourselves.  We went from Eve Online and now are currently in a long time guild with Everquest 2.  I'm glad to see there are more couples out there forming because of the fun of gaming these last couple of decades.

[TollingBells]

...He still plays World of Warcraft, which is what we were both playing when our kids were born.  I was a guild leader, and he was very into the pvp aspect of the game and we had a pretty sweet little guild goin' on raids and stuff...

I played WoW before trying out other MMO's, and then ending up with Sims 3.   I'm going back to it when Cataclysm comes out, which'll be...I hope soon... It's nice to meet other fans of WoW. I thought I was alone!

Anyway, I don't have a husband or BF to play with, but I tried to get my mom to play. She got frustrated too fast though, and she refused to keep trying. I think if I told her about the cheats, she'd have been much happier, but oh well...We play other games togethor.