Romance

For other uses, see Romantic (disambiguation).

Romance

Saving a wedding with smooth talk

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Sims with the Romance Aspiration crave lots of lovin' with as many different Sims as they can find, so setting aside the time for them to chase those hot prospects is key. Fill their Aspiration Meters with hot steamy nights and lust-filled days in order to keep Romance Sims' lives long and exciting.

Romance is an aspiration in The Sims 2. Romance Sims are passionate to have as many romantic possibilities with anyone as possible, without being tied up by lifelong commitment. Romance Sims dare to have many lovers and cheat them without getting caught. They also want to make out and WooHoo with many Sims. If The Sims 2: Nightlife is installed, they also want to go on dates with their partners.

Though Romance Sims love to love, they don't want to bind a commitment with their lover, whether it's to go steady or get married.

Meter Levels

Level	Teen	Adult	Elder
Platinum	Major Heart-throb	Don Juan / Femme Fatale	Fiery Fossil
Gold	Total Babe	Love Machine	Silver Fox
High Green	Hottie	Lusty Lover	Sexy Senior
Low Green	Hormonal Hurricane	Hopeless Romantic	Old Flame
Low Red	Wallflower	Cold Fish	Dirty Old Man / Dirty Old Woman
Deep Red	Lonely Loser	Total Turn-Off	Burned-out Cinder

Wants & Fears

Wants

(Pet) Gets a Job (Sim) is Cured of Being a Warlock (Sim) is Cured of Being a Witch (Sim) is Cured of Lycanthropy (Sim) is Cured of PlantSimism (Sim) is Cured of Vampirism Appreciate (Sim) Ask (Sim) Home Ask (Sim) on Date Be a Personal Trainer Be Best Friends with (Sim) Be BFF with (Sim) Be Cured of Lycanthropy Be Cured of PlantSimism Be Cured of Witchery Be Flirted With Be Friends with (Sim) Be Tickled by (Sim) Be Tutor Bite (Sim) Bowl with (Sim) Break Up with (Spouse) Buy a Bar Buy a Double Bed Buy a Double Bed Costing at Least §2,500 Buy a Game Buy a Hot Tub Buy a Makeover Station Buy a Phone Buy a Recliner Buy a Sauna Buy a Sofa or Loveseat Buy a Stereo Buy a Vacation Home Buy an Exercise Machine Buy an Exercise Machine Costing at Least §2,200 Buy Espresso for (Sim) Buy Love Potion #8.5 Buy Vamprocillin-D Cast a Spell Change into PJs Change into Undies Chat Online Classic Dance with (Sim) Classic Dance with Someone Counterfeit Simoleons Cure Vampirism Dance with (Sim) Dance with Someone Declare the Art Major Declare the Psychology Major Dine Out with (Sim) Drink Love Potion #8.5 Entertain (Sim) Fall in Love with (Sim) Find a Roommate Fire (Sim) Flirt Flirt with (Sim) Freestyle for Tips Gain a Cleaning Skill Point Gain a Cooking Skill Point Gain a Creativity Skill Point Gain a Logic Skill Point Gain a Mechanical Skill Point Gain a Skill Point Get a Bronze Cosmetology Talent Badge Get a Facelift Get a Gold Cosmetology Talent Badge Get a job in the Dance Career Get a job in the Entertainment Career Get a job in the Intelligence Career Get a job in the Music Career Get a job in the Slacker Career Get a Picture Get a Silver Cosmetology Talent Badge Get Fit Get Married to (Sim) Get Picture Taken with (Sim) Give (Sim) a Makeover Give Backrub to (Sim) Go on Island Vacation Go Out Go Swimming Gussy Up Hang Out with (Sim) Have 2 Loves At Once Have 3 Loves at Once Have 5 Best Friends Have 5 Loves at Once Have 10 Loves at Once Have 30 Loves at Once Have a Bad Reputation Have a Dream Date with (Sim) Have a Good Reputation Have a Party Have Pillow Fight Have Very First Kiss Have Very First WooHoo

Hire (Sim) as Employee Hug (Sim) Hustle Pool Influence (Sim) to Clean Influence (Sim) to Do My Assignment Influence (Sim) to Entertain Another Sim Influence (Sim) to Flirt Influence (Sim) to Kiss Another Sim Influence (Sim) to Serve a Meal Influence (Sim) to Talk To Another Sim Influence (Sim) to Write My Term Paper Invite (Sim) Over Kiss (Sim) Learn Lifelong Happiness Learn Physiology Light Fire in Fireplace Lower Hands on (Sim) Make A Wish Make a Wish Make Coffee Make Drinks Make Espresso Make Out with (Sim) Make Out with 3 Different Sims Make Out with 5 Different Sims Make Out with 10 Different Sims Make Out with 20 Different Sims Maximize a Skill Meet Aliens Meet Someone New Offer (Pet) for Adoption Order Room Service Perform Music for Tips Play Cards with (Sim) Play Chess Play Darts Play Pinball Play Video Game Play With (Sim) Practice Romance Practice Speech Public WooHoo Public WooHoo with (Sim) Public WooHoo with 3 Different Sims Purchase a Flower Arrangement Put Head on Shoulders Quit Job Reach Body Level 1 for Major Reach Charisma Level 1 Reach Charisma Level 1 for Major Reach Cleaning Level 1 for Major Reach Cooking Level 1 for Major Reach Creativity Level 1 for Major Reach Logic Level 1 for Major Reach Mechanical Level 1 for Major Reach Top of Music Career Reach Top of Slacker Career Ride ElectroDanceSphere See a Ghost See Rain Sell a Great Novel Sell a Masterpiece Sell Expensive Object to (Sim) Sell Lemonade Sell Ridiculously Expensive Object to (Sim) Sell Very Expensive Object to (Sim) Slow Dance with (Sim) Smooch with (Sim) Sneak Out Stay Home from Work Sunbathe Talk to (Sim) Tell Dirty Joke to (Sim) Tell Joke to (Sim) Throw a Birthday Party Throw a Toga Party Tickle (Sim) Use Voodoo Doll Visit (Sim) Win a Game Against (Sim) WooHoo WooHoo in Bed WooHoo in Hammock WooHoo in Helicopter WooHoo in Hot Tub WooHoo in Elevator WooHoo in Love Tub WooHoo in Sauna WooHoo in Tent WooHoo with (Sim) WooHoo with 3 Different Sims WooHoo with 5 Different Sims WooHoo with 5 Service Sims WooHoo with 10 Different Sims WooHoo with 20 Different Sims Work as Barista Work as Bartender Work in Cafeteria Work Out on Exercise Machine

Fears

(Sim) Becomes a Warlock (Sim) Becomes a Witch (Sim) Howls (Sim) is a PlantSim (Sim) is a Vampire (Sim) is a Werewolf (Sim) is a Zombie (Sim) is Abducted by Aliens (Sim) Summons Wolves Adopt a Child Be a Vampire Be a Zombie Be Abducted by Aliens Be Booed Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Date Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Photo Together Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Slow Dance Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Vampire Bite Be Rejected by (Sim) for Buying them a Espresso Be Rejected by (Sim) for Putting Head on Shoulders Be Rejected for a Backrub by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Dance Be Rejected for a Dance by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Flirt Be Rejected for a Flirt by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Hug by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Pillow Fight Be Rejected for a Tickle by (Sim) Be Rejected for an Invitation by (Sim) Be Rejected for Appreciate by (Sim) Be Rejected for Asking (Sim) Home Be Rejected for Classic Dance Be Rejected for Lower Hands on (Sim) Be Rejected for Playing With by (Sim) Be Rejected for Smooch with (Sim) Be Rejected for WooHoo in Elevator Be Rejected for WooHoo in Hammock Be Rejected for Woohoo in Helicopter Be Rejected For WooHoo in Tent Be Scared by Bigfoot Be Sprayed by a Skunk Be Stinky Be Struck by Lightning Be Uneducated Become a PlantSim

Become a Werewolf Become a Witch Declare the Economics Major Declare the Physics Major Fall out of Love with (Sim) Get Busted Get Caught Sneaking Out Get Caught Two-timing Get Engaged to (Sim) Get Fat Get Fined Get Joined to (Sim) Get Married to (Sim) Get Rejected for a Kiss Get Rejected for a Kiss by (Sim) Get Rejected for Making Out by (Sim) Get Rejected for Public WooHoo Get Rejected for Public WooHoo with (Sim) Get Rejected for Very First Kiss Get Rejected for WooHoo by (Sim) Give (Sim) a Bad Makeover Go Steady with (Sim) Go to School Go to Work Have 4 Children Have a Baby Have a Bad Conversation with (Sim) Have a Bad Date with (Sim) Have a Party Have an Accident Have Bad Facelift Lose (Sim) as Best Friend Lose a Game Against (Sim) Love Potion #8.5 Backfires Meet Bigfoot Pass Out See a Ghost See Hail See the Ghost of (Sim) Sell a Lousy Painting Sell a Pulp Novel Tell Bad Joke to (Sim) Voodoo Doll Backfires Wish Backfires WooHoo Rejected

Lifetime Wants

Become Celebrity Chef Become Professional Party Guest Become Hall of Famer Have 20 Simultaneous Lovers

WooHoo with 20 Different Sims Become Visionary (deprecated) Become Rock God

Aspiration Desperation

Romance Sponge Mop Lover

When in aspiration desperation, a Sim will pull out a mop with a plate attached to the end (which has a crudely drawn face on it), and begins to show affection towards it. The gender of the face depends on the Sim's gender preference, although Sims with no gender preference will behave the same way heterosexual Sims do in this case, even if they are neutral towards their own gender while repulsed by the opposite gender.

FreeTime Aspiration Benefits

Level 1 - Massive Attraction

Level 2 - Slower Motive Decay

Level 3 - Local Legend

Level 4 - Smooth Talk

Career Paths

Base game

• Athletic
• Culinary
• Slacker

The Sims 2: University

• Artist (deprecated)

The Sims 2: Seasons

• Music

The Sims 2: FreeTime

• Dance
• Entertainment
• Intelligence

Base game (console)

• Fashion

Majors

• Art
• Psychology

Pre-made Sims With Aspiration

For a complete list, see Category:Romance Sims.

Tips & Tricks

• With FreeTime, it can be quite easy for a Romance Sim with all the perks to woo a Knowledge or even a Family Sim. Even without FreeTime, a Knowledge Sim can have some very good chemistry with a Romance Sim.
• If FreeTime is installed, a good way for two opposites to get along would be to have one partner be Romance/family or Romance/knowledge, and give the other partner Romance as a secondary aspiration.
• In the base game, if the players have a Romance and Knowledge Sim marry, give the Romance Sim a job and he or she will often roll the want to woohoo upon coming home. This can be good for Romance/Family pairings too, as the Family Sim will want to have a baby.
• If the players want a Romance Sim to marry and not have their aspiration bar fall low, make their secondary aspiration family. The players need The Sims 2: FreeTime to get a secondary aspiration.
• Romance Sims won't have a bad memory of marrying a rich Sim.
• A relationship between Family Sims and Romance Sims may not always result too well due to their clashing needs. Family Sims want to get engaged and married, while Romance Sims normally fear engagement and marriage; as a result, an engagement/marriage between Romance and Family Sims will often greatly boost a Family Sim's aspiration while severely lowering the Romance Sim's. The Family Sim will want to have children and raise them carefully, and Romance Sims will wish to WooHoo, go on dates and find other lovers all the same time. The problems arising from this pairing can be mitigated by having the two partners date often.
• For these reasons, if the player is looking to have a stable family, it's generally considered a poor strategy to have a Romance Sim marry. In order to keep their aspiration score high, they will effectively be required to cheat on their spouse.
• When a Romance Sim falls in love with another Sim, they may also gain a want to have multiple loves at once.
• Romance Sims are unique for not wanting to get married, engaged, go steady and have babies. Non-Romance Sims usually want things like this (besides Pleasure, but even they won't fear it).
• Similar to Pleasure Sims, a handful of Romance Sims actually want marriage. This is extremely unusual, probably the rarest Want a Romance Sim can possibly roll. The chance of rolling the Want to marry increases if the Sim is on a date.
• In rare cases, if someone (even a family type) has many children and is annoyed with them and has a low aspiration bar for two days or more, they will get Romance type wants (i.e. kiss someone, go on a date, flirt etc.).
• If a Sim that has the Romance aspiration is married or joined to someone, and was created to be married/joined in Create a Sim, the memory of the action will be a good memory.
• A Sim with this aspiration may want to be in love with more than one person at the same time, which implies cheating. Such Sims often have a fear of cheating.
• Despite fearing having babies, Romance Sims will still receive positive memories when a baby is born. Caring for their other wants can lighten the impact of such fears.
• Townies and NPCs with the zodiac sign of Taurus or Libra generally have this aspiration which made a reference to Venus, its traditional ruling planet named after the Roman goddess of romance, hence the reference itself.
• Even though marriage, engagement, and going steady are bad memories for Romance Sims, being rejected from those are bad to them too.
• Romance Sims walk differently when initiating a romantic social interaction in high aspiration. Only playable sims can do this, townies and NPCs cannot.
• There's a glitch in FreeTime onward in which Sims would get the wrong positive / negative type of engagement memory regardless of their aspiration. There's a mod that will fix this.