Love it and Shove it - Sim style

[strangetomato]

I have a gripe, but I also brought along something I like to balance it out. I'll start with the bad, then end with the good (like sugar after the medicine).

I've been enjoying the glimpse at Sims 3, but I've been turned off in a big way by the new heap of gender stereotyping and the fact that sims wish specifically for a male or female baby. I'm really hoping there's also a "don't give a shit" option.

 

And also that someone makes a mod to remove the blue/pink blankets or make them purple or bright red or anything other than the two gendered colours. 'Cause, you know, it's so important to know the gender of a baby. Otherwise, how would you know whether to say the baby is pretty or smart or strong or... and so on and so on. *gags*

(An image can be found in this GoS thread - just as an example, of course. My gripe is obviously with the game, not the player.)

But, lest I jump to conclusions, maybe this is just one of many options and we can now change the outfits of babies? I'm just making assumptions, based on the baby gender wants. *crosses fingers* Dear EAxis, please change this before the game is released. Oh, who am I kidding?

Now for the good, to wash that bitter taste from my mouth: the Late to the Party - Short Hair for Men mesh by fantasyrogue. This is a brilliant male hair mesh, in my opinion. I LOVE it. To echo my comments on her post at GoS, this really looks more like typical male hair to me (especially those gents who are 30+), which I'm always eager to have more of. I'm in love with the suggestion of a receeding/thinning hairline on this mesh, because so many guys do have that, and I find it endearing.

Comments

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

I don't even see the necessity for the blue/pink blankets. There's your reasons, and ... uh, did they think we'd forget the baby's gender? When we can just tooltip it and see the name and infer from there?

People in real life wish for their baby's gender, too. But at least EAxis hasn't taken it as far as to make Sims pissed if they don't get what they want, like some people in real life do. Even if I wanted a boy or a girl specifically I wouldn't mind getting the other instead.

But like you said, maybe the blankets are just the default clothes for when a baby is born, and maybe other colors can be bought or something.

And thanks so much for the link to the hair! I saw that simgaroop used it for Gallagher Newson in the latest maxis_taste dare and I was going to ask her. But now I don't need to! Thanks again!