#111
24th Oct 2021 at 12:32 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Aspersim
Does anyone ever run across the "Do Homework" menu action not available?
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19 Chorus Court
Veronaville
23rd October 2021
Hi Everyone!
The convention in this thread used to be that it was Sims, not Simmers, who posted here, so I'll try to put the thread back on track. Anyway my player is too tired to post today.
This is the first time I've posted from this address, and it still feels a little funny writing that, as I used to think of it as Andrew's address, but of course, since I married him last year, I've been living here.
Anyway it's time I got to today's subject, which is homework. Now I have to admit that I used to have a bit of a problem with homework. My problem is that I wasn't doing it. It was there for me to do, but I didn't do it. The truth is I went of the rails a bit. I had that run-in with the Fire Brigade, when they fined me for making a hoax call, though the house really was on fire and I was very concerned for my dad. I really hated that fireman for a while. At the same time I met Andrew and fell madly in love with him. So I had to come to terms with being gay. Andrew was sometimes a difficult boyfriend, like the time he kicked our dustbin over and we all got flu. My hormones were just going mad. All I wanted to do was be with Andrew, and hug him, and kiss him and make out with him. School and homework could go to hell for all I cared. Andrew was much the same, except that he didn't have that Fire Brigade bit. First love is a wonderful thing you know, but it completely takes over your life. I still went to school every day (and of course I saw Andrew there) but as soon as I got home, I could think about nothing except inviting Andrew round and being with him. I got homework every day, but I just added it to the ever growing pile on the floor. Before long my school grades started to fall, and I continued not to care. Eventually I got an F, and the school wrote to my parents and said I was one of the worst pupils in the school. That did hurt! I realised that I wasn't being true to myself. I've always been naturally curious and liked to learn new things. And Andrew really is quite similar. He had gone through much the same as me and his grades had dropped disastrously too. I remember his mum telling him to pull himself together and work harder. I don't know if my parents really noticed what was happening to me.
Anyway, Andrew and I decided that we were going to have to put our lives back in order. Maybe our relationship was moving on from that wild initial infatuation to something more mature. We both decided that we had to catch up with all the homework we hadn't done. At this stage Andrew got a
lot of help from his mum. They spent several days together, systematically working through the huge backlog of homework. They were already close and all the time they spent then made them even closer. You might think Andrew being so close to his mum might make me jealous of her. But I'm not. Andrew's love for his mum is just part of his character, and it's a character that I find adorable. Andrew loves his mum and he loves me. I suppose they're just different kinds of love.
For myself I've always had a good relationship with my parents, but nothing like as close as Andrew is to Gloria; I mean Andrew kisses his mum almost as much as he kisses me! I just didn't feel i could ask my parents for the sort of help that Andrew got from Gloria. My mum and dad had my two younger siblings to look after. Hans was still a toddler at this time and took up a lot of their time. When Hans eventually started school, mum and dad joined the police, and that too took up a lot of their time. The result was that I had to catch up with my missed homework with minimal help from my parents. The thing is, I always had the option to do my homework. In fact that day we had the fire and I got fined, I had just come home from my first day at school after we moved in, and I was sitting cross legged on the floor just inside the front door, doing my homework, or at least trying to do it, until my dad started shouting from the kitchen about a fire. So I know the option to do my homework was always available to me. What's more I've never heard of any child or teen in Veronaville, and the neighbourhoods attached to it not having the option to do their homework. So it seems to me that Aspersim's problems are unique to him. If it's relevant, Veronaville where I live is an original Maxis neighbourhood, as is our downtown. The shopping district of Bluewater, which is also attached to Veronaville today, is based on a clean template by Tarlia, but Andrew and I seldom go there, as there's not much that interests us there.
On the more general topic of Sims world problems, I really don't think I've got many problems. I know many people find that newly-weds living with in-laws can be problematic, but I have to say that Gloria and Garry are a really fun couple, and they never cause me any problems. In fact I've been friends with them both for years. They do have a habit of wandering around the house in a state of extreme undress, but, since I'm famous all over Veronaville as the boy who hates the feel of textiles next to my skin, I'm not really in a position to complain about it!
. (Actually I do wear clothes -- I just wear as little as I can get away with! Fortunately Veronaville is never cold.)
All in all I'm really enjoying married life with Andrew. Life was good before I married him -- and it got better! We have regular woohoo now, and it's good!!
Andrew was right -- it was worth waiting for.
Well, I've enjoyed writing this. I hope at least some of you enjoy reading it.
Yours with Love
Julian :lovestruc
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