My Life as a Sims

Ok, so I saw my nieces play Sims2 over Christmas and I decided I had to get the game. I have never played any of the other Sims games, so this software was my first delving into the Sims world. I decided to build a "Kira" character and go from there. Folks, she died...LOL Now, she had three children and was pregnant with a fourth when she died, plus she had made it fairly far along the medical path as a doctor in the game, but boom, she died. Why did she die? Well, I just couldn't meet all of her needs. She was tired, bored, needed to use the bathroom, and hungry at the same time (welcome to pregnancy!) and I couldn't meet all of her needs. I put her to bed, but when she woke up she starved to death while being excessively bored and trying to reach the potty. Humorously enough, her husband Alex (cough) ALWAYS had his needs easily met. I barely had to tend to him for him to be happy. But the Kira Sim was impossible to keep happy. She was always tired and worn out no matter what. She was always running around trying to do thirty things at once and not getting enough done in the day. The Alex Sim tried to help out by hiring maids and gardeners, plus he helped out tremendously with the kids. Even when Jared became a teen and chose family as his aspiration and so helped out with the younger kids tremendously, Kira still couldn't get it all together.

Oh, the irony.

I figured out that this IS my life and the Sims Kira is a very realistic model. I'm the type to do too much at once. I'm the type to be more difficult to have my needs met. I push myself anyway because you do what you have to do, and yeah, there's my Sim lying dead on the floor with the Alex Sim and the Jared Sim crying their eyes out over her corpse.

Hey, at least my Sim owned her own house! It was a nice one too! It had a hot tub and three bedrooms, two and a half bath, plus a deluxe wrap-around porch.

I have to laugh every time I see the Sims have sex, though. There is an option on this game called "Woohoo!" which basically means sex. Since this is a game meant for kids to play, what you see is two grinning Sims dive under the sheets...the sheets move all around...a leg sticks out or a head sticks out here or there...and then fireworks go off. Literally. Usually the Sims fall asleep in each other's arms if they are in the bed at that point. What is unrealistic is that the fireworks go off EVERY SINGLE TIME no matter which Sim you woohoo with and no matter what the occasion. Oh, if it were only the case! You also have the "make a baby" option. Hmmm...see, life should be that easy. You should be able to check a box that says, we want to have a baby now or no, just sex please thanks.

Childbirth is easy on the Sims too. Basically the stork comes and drops the baby in your arms. See? Another improvement on life.

Sims2 is like crack. Be warned.