Dear Emmy, I don't know when you'll get this but just to keep you up on things, I don't think Dad is too well (like singing "what do you do with a drunken sailor?" while dancing around in the tub!) I think those two ladies across the street put a spell on him. And Candida had a baby boy. I don't know its name yet. Of all things, I saw Uncle Drake over there, talking to Candida's mother. Why would he be there? Of course, you couldn't know. I did run up and snap a picture of the two of them talking on the street. Uncle Drake turned and smiled at me but the cross old lady just went inside her house. Uncle Drake went in, too. Mom said he's probably there to get his fortune told. I don't know about that, Emmy. Anyway, I'm going to try to find out more about that baby. What a dreadful household for him to find himself born into. Love, Dalila ***Thanks, Kristalrose and Babe, for reminding me that I'd better add to the adventure before the thread fell off the page. I've been playing with these families for hours and HOURS :knockedout: trying to move them forward enough to continue the story (college is SO slow, even with JMPs clock.) And now, my husband and I will be away for this three day weekend! Aaargh! Anyway, Kristal, I came upon Candida by accident, with the randomizer. I wouldn't be able to duplicate her or find her again , and I agree that she's very pretty. Also, I had the same problem with Candida's baby that I had with the last two babies born to the Sparrow family (Emmy and Dalila). The controls lock up, the screen to name the baby never appears, and the mother puts it on the floor and abandons it. In this case I had the household set up with the fixes (JMPs debugger box,) just in case, and I called the nanny, who stood around puzzled for a llittle while (obviously wondering why she was there) but then found the baby on the floor and took care of it. You were asking in another thread how long neighborhoods last and I'm thinking mine is showing signs of being near the end of its life. If the villagers can't reproduce ... *sigh*
Oh, Lynet, I hope that's not so. But it certainly sounds like something is courpted. But, please, do not take my word for it!!
Dear Dalila, I'm still on the trail of our Aunt Elizabeth. Cousin Alison sent me a picture for showing around (which I copied for you,) and also, Alon and I have found an old newspaper article in a local town archive about couples buying farmland at auction. A picture in the article looks like Elizabeth! Have a look at these pictures! She looks a lot like Mom did once, except Mom had blond hair. How is Dad doing. Has Mom taken him to the doctor for a checkup? Love, Emmy ------------------------------------ Dear Emmy, Dad's doing much better. He's gone back to work. Being a Hall of Famer he mostly just gets invited to talk on radio and TV shows but he was always so outgoing he enjoys doing things like that. He seems more himself these days. Mom has gone over to visit Mercedes and Candida a couple of more times. I asked her about the baby. She said the baby is just fine, and his name is George. George! Emmy, that's Dad's name! I got upset when Mom told me. She said I should calm down. How can I calm down? Tell me, Emmy, what should I do about all of this? Help me figure it out. Your desperate sister, Dalila ---------------------------------------- email from: Emmeline@*****.*** to: DalilaSparrow@*****.*** Don't confront anyone, Sis. Keep cool. I'll be back soon.
I agree that Candida is very pretty. I've got some extremely pretty sims, too ... maybe we should all post pictures? The Rostanov clan is very nice looking, as are the Alighieris. The du Bellevilles, not so much, but that's on purpose. Got tired of having all pretty sims ... What I want to know is why Emmy and Dalilah's mom is so calm about the whole illegitimate baby thing. Is she through with her husband, so she doesn't care what he gets up to in his spare time? Or is she secretly plotting revenge? Jerry Springer, indeed. I had a sim who had a child with her best friend/lover's dad. Is that Jerry Springer enough for y'all? The kid is gorgeous, which all the college guys are already noticing now that she's in highschool. She visited her uncle Ricardo at his frat house a couple of times, and her mom's college boyfriend likes her ... Jerry! Jerry! Ricardo finally graduated from college (have GOT to get that clock) and then my computer crashed so that's as far as I got. I had big plans, too ... pout, pout. Let's hope a new power supply will do the trick.
(I guess I should answer the question about Sybil, George, Drake and Candida) Dear Emmy, Mom sat me down today and we talked a little while. She told me not to worry about her and Dad. "We're not breaking up, Dear. I think you were a little concerned about that." (Understatement, Emmy!) She said that a long time ago, before she met Dad, she was madly in love with Uncle Drake, (Did you know about this, Emmy?) But as far as Uncle Drake was concerned, she was invisible. The only woman for him was Mom's cousin, Kiara. "Kiara was a very beautiful woman. All the boys at college wanted to date her. Except your father. Your father had his nose in the books all the time. He was brilliant, you know, at everything he did, but he had no apparent interest in dating anyone, not even Kiara. So," Mom smiled, "I decided that since I had no chance with Uncle Drake, I'd try to win your father. I was lonely, after all. He turned out to be a really good guy." But did she still love Uncle Drake? "I didn't think so, but he started teasing me, making me laugh, then I'd find him crying because he missed Kiara so much. My poor, sad Drake. And your father was so busy, never home." I asked her if Dad found out about her and Uncle Drake? Is that why he left for a few days? "He was mad at me, but now we've made up." Yeah, Emmy, I've noticed they're always holding hands and kissing like teenagers. Yuck. Though I guess I'd rather see this then have them break up. And the baby across the street named George? Mom's face got a little stiff and pink when I asked about him. "Candida Menendez is very young and pretty and, I think, a silly girl. She thought your Dad and I were going to get divorced. (So did I, Emmy.) She was wrong and now she needs help. We're still discussing it. But you are not to discuss it. Not with anyone, not even Emmeline." How can I not even tell you? I'd explode into a million pieces. We have a baby brother! Love, Dalila
After I finally went to bed last night I realized that I knew of a real life family that got caught in a situation along the lines of Dalila's family. A man in his 60's got involved with another woman. It was a big family scandal, with telephone wires heating up across the country as word spread to relatives about this guy's infidelity. So far this man and his wife are still together. I doubt they feel much love (unlike Dalila's parents) but I suspect they hadn't felt much love for each other for a long time, anyway. But they're still together, to everyone's surprise. I believe it's because of their age. His wife is in her seventies (15 years older than her husband.) I do accounting work on occasion for their daughter (I've known her since she was 9) and she was extremely angry with her father. All is not forgiven but family get togethers still occur as if nothing had happened. As for the other woman? She is his brother's widow (and there were no surprise babies.) As far as Emmy and Dalila's family is concerned I moved the Menendez family in across the street to stir things up with George. It took no effort whatsoever on my part to get him hot for Candida. When Candida asked him to move in with her, I thought he'd refuse. He didn't! He's a lazy guy (not a single active point in his personality) but he had enough energy for woohoo. However, all his wants were to be with Sybil , without a thought to spare for silly Candida. So I had Sybil invite him to visit her. After some hesitation (alarms sounding) there was hugging and kissing. She invited him to move back in with her and Dalila. He agreed! All is forgiven--because they're in their 70's and have 4 kids, one still at home. In the meantime, Candida was being sick in the toilet . And talk about keeping sims in sync. I've been playing Sybil's sister Elisabeth like crazy trying to catch her up to the others. She's pregnant with her second child and throws up constantly, even 3 times in a row, poor thing. Baby number one, Grace, was born without incident. There was no need for JMPs lot debugger or Merola's painting. Grandpa Wynter's Curse is only in Candida's house now (moved there with George and George left it there.) Editing -- P.S. Elizabeth and Phineaus Furley just had twins !! Loreli and Benjamin (I was caught by surprise without any baby names read and had to think fast.)
Those are nice names! I used to name my children alphabetically, so when R and S turned out to be twins, I happened to have already picked two unisex names (Riley and Skylar) so that turned out OK. Whew.
I've often done alphabetical within households when I create more than two people at once, 'cause unless I've watched them grow up from birth I can't keep track of who's who. And I used to go for really unusual and exotic names but lately I've found that it's easier for me to remember names that aren't too weird. Boy, I sound as if I'm drooling and doddering . Nah! I've just got way to many families and neighborhoods.
In my new neighborhood, I started off with "Old" sounding names (One guy is even named Methusela Elders! LOL) I have girls named Rebeckah, Sallie, Ida Mae, Rose, Rose, Harriett, etc. and guys with names like Thad, James, John, Elijah, and the before-mentioned Methusela. I am hoping that these name will be more realistic when I look back through their family trees after a couple of generations, since we all have ancesters with names like that. I don't know, just a touch of history, and y'all know how I love history. LOL
My names are all over the board, though I admit I like the weird and unusual. (See East Simders for examples ...) I've had Carlos, Isabella and Jane, but also Hermione, Saffron and Wolf. Depends on my mood. My current neighborhood definitely leans toward the offbeat, namewise.
LOL, I remember a while back I had an expecting Sim couple, and one day my neighbor was over visiting while I was playing, and I was trying to come up with possible names for the baby. My neighbor was in the process of shopping for her first computer (she's older, like my second mom), so in that mindset, she suggested Dell for a boy and Apple for a girl. LOL! A boy was born, so Dell it was. But I liked the idea of Apple for a girl's name so much that later on when Dell's first niece was born, I named her Apple.
I've been toying with the idea of creating a Lee family. you know... Sara, Merril, Eventual, Crazil, General, Patient, Strong etc...
I must be awful, but I've named the majority of my Sims after videogame characters or anime characters...
I do that all the time. I use japanese words like Ichigo (strawberry) and Mamoru (protect). You must think they're corny, right? I used the fake name off Pokemon, Tom Ato and Ann Chovy. Caesar Salad just isn't good enough for me...
No, Ichigo is a cool name. I wouldn't know what it meant, not knowing Japanese. Just noticed this thread is called Dear Emmy and not Strange Things We've Named our Sims. Perhaps we should start a new thread? Lynet, have any new episodes for us?
