The Sims 2/Romantic Interactions

The Sims 2 has several social interactions that can be classified as romantic. For clarity, a romantic interaction is an interaction that.

1. Can create love or a crush.
2. Can't be performed between family members.
3. Can only performed between certain age groups. Teens can only do it with other teens and adults and elders can only perfrom them between themselves.

The following is a catalogue of all romantic interactions in The Sims 2. Sim A is the initiator and Sim B is the reciprient.

Appreciate Interactions

Backrub

Availabilty:

• Daily above 40 and lifetime above 15

To be accepted mood must be above 0 and one of these conditions must be met. Playful sims may do this autonomously.

• Either daily >45 or
• Lifetime >25

Outcomes:

• Accepted.
  • Sim As daily rises by 4
  • Sim As liftime rises by 2
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 6
  • Sim Bs lifetime rises by 3
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 7
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 2
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 10
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 3

Flirt Interactions

Caress

Availability:

• Daily above 65 and lifetime above 40.

Playful sims can do this autonomously. Acceptance is based on these rules. The values in the table are for Sim B.

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Playful	Nice	Outgoing
>0	>70	>55	N/A	N/A	N/A
>20	>70	<55	>7	N/A	N/A
>20	>70	<55	<7	>7	N/A
>20	<70	>35	N/A	N/A	>7

Outcomes:

• Accepted
  • Creates love and/or crush.
  • Sim As daily rises by 10
  • Sim As lifetime rises by 2
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 11
  • Sim Bs lifetime rises by 2
• Rejected
  • Both sims daily decrease by 10
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 3
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 2

Charm

Availability:

• Daily between 15 and 70
• Lifetime between 5 and 70

Can be done by nice sims autonomously. Acceptance rules are as follows.

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Nice	Outgoing
>-20	>10	>10	>6	N/A
>-20	>20	>10	<6	N/A
>-20	>20	<10	N/A	>6
>-20	>30	<10	N/A	<6

Outcomes are

• Accepted:
  • Sets love and/or crush
  • Sim As daily rises by 4
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 5
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 4
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 1
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 6
  • Sim Bs lifetime doesn't change

Goose

Availability:

• Crush, daily above 75 and lifetime above 55

Can be done by playful sims autonomously. Acceptance is based on these rules.

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Outgoing
>0	>80	>65	N/A
>0	>90	<65	N/A
>0	81-90	<65	>6
>20	81-90	<65	<6
>0	76-80	N/A	>8

Outcomes are.

• Accepted.
  • Love set
  • Sim As daily rises by 11
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 10
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 9
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 2
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 11
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 3

Hit On

Availability

• Daily between 45 and 80 and lifetime between 25 and 80

Mean sims may do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Outgoing
>-10	>65	N/A	N/A
>-10	56-65	>30	N/A
>0	56-65	<30	>5
>20	56-65	<30	<5
>20	<55	N/A	>6

Outcomes.

• Accepted
  • Sets love and/or crush relationship
  • Sim As daily rises by 8
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 9
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 8
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 9
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 10
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 2

Hold Hands

Availability

• Daily above 55 and lifetime above 30

Nice sims may do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Nice
>-40	>65	>35	N/A
>10	>65	<35	>5
>-40	<65	>50	N/A

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Creates love and/or crush
  • Sim As daily rises by 9
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 10
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 9
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 8
  • Both sims lifetime decreases by 2

Serenade

Availability

• Love and crush required, daily above 70 and lifetime above 60

Outgoing sims may do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Lifetime	Daily	Nice
>0	>75	N/A	N/A
>0	<75	>80	N/A
>0	<75	71-80	>6
<0	>85	N/A	N/A
<0	<85	>95	N/A

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Sim As daily rises by 13
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 15
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 2
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 12
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 10
  • Both sims lifetime decrease by 3

Suggestion

Availability

• • Daily between 25 and 70 and lifetime between 15 and 70

Playful sims may do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Daily	Lifetime	Playful	Nice	Outgoing
>-20	>35	>25	N/A	N/A	N/A
>0	>35	<25	>6	N/A	N/A
>0	>35	<25	<6	>6	N/A
>20	>35	<25	<6	<6	N/A
>0	26-35	N/A	N/A	N/A	>6

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Love and/or crush created
  • Sim As daily rises by 5
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 6
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 5
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 7
  • Both sims lifetime decrease by 1

Sweet Talk

Availability

• Daily between 35 and 80 and lifetime between 20 and 80

Outgoing sims may do this autonomously

Mood	Lifetime	Daily	Nice	Outgoing
>-20	>25	>45	N/A	N/A
>-20	>25	36-45	>8	N/A
>-20	>25	36-45	<8	>8
>-20	<25	>35	>8	N/A
>-20	<25	>35	<8	>8

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Creates love and/or crush
  • Sim As daily rises by 6
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 8
  • Both sims lifetime rises by 1
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 7
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 8
  • Both sims lifetime decrease by 1

Hug Interactions

Leap into Arms

Availability

• Daily above 55 and Lifetime above 35 as well as a crush on Sim B.

Active sims may do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are.

Mood	Romantic Relationship	Lifetime
>-35	Crush	N/A
>-15	Love	N/A
>10	N/A	>45
100	N/A	<45

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Love relationship set
  • Sim As daily rises by 11
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 13
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 2
• Rejected
  • Sim As daily decreases by 15
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 4
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 10
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 2

Romantic Hug

Availability

• Daily above 35 and lifetime above 25.

Outgoing sims might do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Romantic Relationship	Lifetime	Daily
>-20	Crush	N/A	N/A
>-30	Love	N/A	N/A
>-10	N/A	>35	>30
>10	N/A	<35	>30
>10	N/A	>50	<30

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Sets love and/or crush relationship
  • Sim As daily rises by 6
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 10
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 2
• Rejected
  • Both sims daily decrease by 10
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 3
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 2

Squeeze

Availability

• Crush relationship, daily above 70 and lifetime above 55.

Playful sims might do this autonomously. Acceptance rules are

Mood	Romantic Relationship	Lifetime
>-5	Crush	N/A
>-15	Love	N/A
>20	N/A	>60
>90	N/A	<60

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Love relationship set
  • Sim As daily rises by 6
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 10
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 2
• Rejected
  • Both sims daily decrease by 10
  • Both sims lifetime decreases by 2

Kiss Interactions

Unlike the other romantic interactions, which are symbolised with a red heart, kiss interactions have their own icon. The icon for a kiss is recognisable enough. It's a pair of lips. Kisses also cause memories if it's the first time between those sims.

First Kiss

Availability

• Daily above 50 and lifetime above 25

The first kiss can only be performed once. It's that unique. It's special because it causes a memory when performed plus a special video of the two sims kissing. As this is so special it is not autonomous. If this interaction is rejected, then the sim gets a memory but is allowed to try again. Acceptance rules are.

Mood	Outgoing	Daily	Lifetime
>20	>5	>45	N/A
>20	>5	<45	>35
<20	>5	N/A	>45
>40	<5	>50	N/A
>40	<5	<50	>40
<40	<5	N/A	>45

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Sets love and/or crush relationship
  • Causes memory
  • Special movie plays
  • Sim As daily rises by 15
  • Sim As lifetime rises by 3
  • Sim Bs daily rises by 13
  • Sim Bs lifetime rises by 2
• Rejected
  • Causes memory
  • Sim As daily decreases by 15
  • Sim As lifetime decreases by 5
  • Sim Bs daily decreases by 10
  • Sim Bs lifetime decreases by 3

Make Out

Availability

• Daily above 80 and lifetime above 50 and love relationship is on
• Love Tub requirements: Daily above 40 and lifetime above 20

This interaction is the most effective form of kissing. It can be performed between two sims but can also be performed if the two sims are using a bed, hot tub or sofa. The love tub is special because it lowers the requirements for romantic socials within the tub. This interaction also causes a memory and, unlike other kiss interactions, symbolised by two pairs of lips. If this interaction is repeated, then the memory will not. Sims only get one memory of making out. Rejection also causes a memory.

Acceptance rules are either

1. Sim B is in love and has a positive mood or
2. Sim B has a crush and a fifth of the mood is full

Outcomes

• Accepted
  • Sets love relationship
  • Causes memory (Only once)
  • Both sims daily rise by 19
  • Both sims lifetime rise by 4
• Rejected
  • Causes memory
  • Both sims daily decrease by 15
  • Both sims lifetime decrease by 4