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With The Sims 2 Nightlife comes new ways of increasing your sims social life with Dates and Outings. It also comes with new relationship types. Now your sims can hold grudges, fight each other for someone's love and meet other sims through their friends. This aritcle reveiw each relationship type.
With The Sims 2 Nightlife comes new ways of increasing your sim's social life with Dates and Outings. It also comes with new relationship types. Now your sims can hold grudges, fight each other for someone's love and meet other sims through their friends. This article review each relationship type.
==Contacts==
==Contacts==
After a scored outing or a date, your sim may recieve a call from someone they do not know. This person however will be a friend of whoever was on the date or outing. Upon calling, your sim recieves special benefits. Firstly, that sim is added to the relationship panel. However unlike noraml portraits, the face will be covered with a light blue haze. Next, your sims daily and lifetime relationship with that sim is increased, making it easier to acheive friendship level when the contact period ends. Your sim will also be friends with the other sim for the duration of the contact period.
After a scored outing or a date, your sim may receive a call from someone they do not know. This person however will be a friend of whoever was on the date or outing. Upon calling, your sim receives special benefits. Firstly, that sim is added to the relationship panel. However unlike normal portraits, the face will be covered with a light blue haze. Next, your sim's daily and lifetime relationship with that sim is increased, making it easier to achieve friendship level when the contact period ends. Your sim will also be friends with the other sim for the duration of the contact period.


This is useful for career promotions because they can provide a boost while you need the promotion. Sims don't get demoted for losing friends. That way you won't have to keep friendship stable after you have the promotion.
This is useful for career promotions because they can provide a boost while you need the promotion. Sims don't get demoted for losing friends. That way you won't have to keep friendship stable after you have the promotion.


Finally, when recieving the call, your sim is invited on an outing with the contact. If you accept, your sim takes a taxi to a community lot for a scored outing. If the sim isn't in a group, the group will be casual and consist of the mutual friend and a number of downtownies. If they are part of a group, then the group members will be the same as stated in that group.
Finally, when receiving the call, your sim is invited on an outing with the contact. If you accept, your sim takes a taxi to a community lot for a scored outing. If the sim isn't in a group, the group will be casual and consist of the mutual friend and a number of downtownies. If they are part of a group, then the group members will be the same as stated in that group.
==Rivals==
==Rivals==
Rivals are not a viewable relationship type and for it to occur, there must be three sims on the lot. Sim A and Sim C refer to different rivals and Sim B is the sim, the other sims are fighting over.
Rivals are not a viewable relationship type and for it to occur, there must be three sims on the lot. Sim A and Sim C refer to different rivals and Sim B is the sim, the other sims are fighting over.
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|Friend||N/A||N/A||Doesn't hit on
|Friend||N/A||N/A||Doesn't hit on
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|N/A(In a commited relationship with a fourth sim)||Maximum attraction||N/A||Hits on Sim B
|N/A(In a committed relationship with a fourth sim)||Maximum attraction||N/A||Hits on Sim B
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|N/A(In a commited relationship with a fourht sim)||N/A||Family||Doesn't hit on
|N/A(In a committed relationship with a fourth sim)||N/A||Family||Doesn't hit on
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|N/A||Lowered by aspiration||Romance||Hits on sim B
|N/A||Lowered by aspiration||Romance||Hits on sim B
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|Slapped||50||48
|Slapped||50||48
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|Drink throwh in Face||30||12
|Drink thrown in Face||30||12
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|Shoved||50||48
|Shoved||50||48
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*Furious sims show thought bubbles of the sim with a red fire on the bottom
*Furious sims show thought bubbles of the sim with a red fire on the bottom
*All fight interactions are available on furious sims.
*All fight interactions are available on furious sims.
*Furious sims vandalise the offending sims home, knocking the trach can over and stealing the newspaper.
*Furious sims vandalise the offending sim's home, knocking the trach can over and stealing the newspaper.
*Furious sims gain the ''Talk...Bad Mouth'' interaction.
*Furious sims gain the ''Talk...Bad Mouth'' interaction.
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