Whats with the "seething" anger or grudge with romantic couples?

[OriginalUglyBob]

I have atleast two seperate couples that are maxed out in the "love" department yet there is this "seething" anger, bitterness, issue between them without any appearent reason. Any help on this?

[dan485]

I can't really say why, in your case.  I've seen that behavior though for reasons such as:

 

Some other person flirts with their partner.  

That's an odd one to me, because the anger isn't directed at the person who flirted, but at the wife or husband who was flirted with.

 

I've seen a sim get red-faced angry because sex was disappointing somehow.  Sexpertise was not high, or the person had the Selfish Lover trait.

 

Other traits like High Maintenance obviously make a person harder to live with.

 

Likes and Dislikes: I even saw a sim get really angry because he didn't like the decor in the house.

 

There are usually clues if you read their buffs to find out what is bothering them.

[Scorpio]

The game itself has autonomous flirting, proposals, mischief, mean, etc., interactions on by default.

So any NPCs they interact with can flirt with them, (jealousy), or insult them, etc.

I use MCCC to disable all those defaults.

 

In CAS you can disable all the Jealousy settings for each sim.

Think they are from the Lovestruck EP if you have it that is.

 

EAs Neighborhood Stories can also do some strange things and it can also be disabled.

Check all your game/pack settings too as there are some with Lovestruck that add NPC sims calling at random for meetings, dates, etc.

 

If Sims are Teens they will get asked to the prom, High School Years EP, and if you don't go with them they will hold a grudge.

 

If you run any mods like WW then if they cheat and their partners see they will also have a fit.

I take my sim visiting married couples and bang their wife in front of her husband and they get quite mad at both the wife and my sim.

Evil I know, lol.

 

I assume your playing different households and when your not playing one they will get into arguments, or other trouble.        

[COOLSIMSPLAYER92]

If your having your sims get into a festering grudge while romantic it is usually the two sims interacting and randomly starting arguments. This usually happens naturally in game but Lovestruck changed some of the dynamics of the game and made it a bit harder.

 

Usually what I do that works yall is if both sims have pink romance bars but a grudge I let them cool off. Don't let the sims interact till the grudge moodlet is gone. Then have them go on a date or take selfies or play chess. Afterward if there really flirty you can have them apologies and they will make up.

 

Also your different households will run autonomously when your not playing in them so sometimes you come back and there angry it happens yall.

Edited May 21, 2025 by COOLSIMSPLAYER92

[BearyBry]

If you have Lovestruck my guess would be it's screwing up your romantic relationships.