One day after school, Isabeau went over to another school chum’s house. Gerry Lessen lives in a fabulous modern mansion, but they spent their entire time chatting in the bathroom.
That huge mirror gave me such a headache after a while.
They chatted for several hours in there, and then suddenly a Romantic sub-menu appeared on Isabeau’s options menu. I had her try some flirting, then an amorous hug. Success!
I guess one benefit to making out in the bathroom of your parent’s mansion is that you get some privacy.
Isabeau had to rush home and congratulate her mother on her birthday. Helvetica struck a noble pose after becoming an old woman.
The very next minute, I had her call her job and retire. Trauma Surgeon is no line of work for an old lady.
Look how happy she is!
We had some strange glitches with Gerry. First he invited Isabeau over to his house after school, then he disappeared. She did her homework, then took a little nap on the fabulous pool-side patio.
Next she invited him over to her house, and he arrived, then he disappeared. Ten hours later in the middle of the night, he showed up and rang the doorbell. Wha?
All four of Isabeau’s wish slots are filled with Gerry-related wishes, and more of them are piled up in the queue. She spends hours talking to him on the phone.
Meanwhile, Iain grew into a teenager. Again, Helvetica’s lack of free parenting time caused the game to select a trait for me. It chose “Loner,” and put him in a leather jacket and red corduroy pants.
While I was busy managing Isabeau’s interactions with Gerry, Iain snuck out and went to the neighborhood playground. I was surprised, because this is the first time I’ve ever had a Sim leave the lot on their own (except to go to work or school).
Maybe he just couldn’t stand the sound of his sister jabbering non-stop on the phone all night.
You hang up! No, you hang up!
So Iain is a loner technophobe? Yikes. Sounds like a Unabomber in the making.
And what is up with that game’s obsession over dressing young women in tank tops over striped long-sleeved shirts, anyway?
Christian? Did you mean to say Gerry?
Argh – yes – Gerry – thank you! Corrected!
I’d gotten my notes confused. Christian is the creepy swamp dude.
So having both your children become teenagers turns you into an old woman?
I wondered how that worked…
8)
Oh dear check out that plumbob! Sometimes I feel s bad that I wish I could just go to the park too. :p
Ok, I really want to read this from the beginning. Is there any way for you to give me a link to the first Sims Sunday post?
No problemo! There’s a link to Sims Sunday on the navigation up at the top of the page. It takes you to a page with all of the Sims Sunday posts from the very beginning:
http://redshirtknitting.com/?page_id=277
Then you just click “back” to get back to that page, scroll up a bit, and read the next one up!