And then I kinda effed up. I wanted Joe and Christy to stop smooching each other autonomously because if it weren’t for ACR, they wouldn’t even be on speaking terms right now. So I directed Sandy to influence Joe to “fight” with Christy, thinking he would throw a drink in her face or something like that. 

So that is the story of how I let one of my Sims persuade another to beat up a pregnant woman. I need to use the “Influence to” action more.

Brandon spends the whole next day painting. Maybe, if he gets better, he will one day be able to quit his bar keeping job and sell his art for a living. Maybe buy back that pub, once he is financially secure enough?

(And that’s it, actually, because I accidentally left the game running while wiping up my dog’s puke. He (Brandon) didn’t die but I have no idea what he did between finishing that painting and going to work. The dog’s fine, too. He just loves eating my palm tree… he has a sensitive stomach and that apparently soothes it?)