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.

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[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

When my youngest sister was born, my parents wanted a boy. Although my father never expressed it openly, it was implied around the family that after having me and my other sister, my mom was due to have a boy. My grandma even said that mom owed it to my dad.

So my sis was born and we were all very happy to have her in the family. Dad loved her just as much as if she had been a boy, but my mom was devastated. The pressure from my paternal family affected her, so she definitely believed she had failed my Dad for not delivering the boy he deserved. The one he could watch soccer with and all those manly things :P. She had an awful case of postpartum depression, something that didn't happen with her other two babies.

My sister grew up just fine and she has never felt rejection for not being a boy. And now that she's recovered from her depression, my mother says it was stupid to get so upset for that reason, but she couldn't help it.

And Dad definitely has someone to watch soccer with, by the way :D.

I really hope the game doesn't have a negative "moodlet" for having a kid of the opposite gender. Now that would be a huge turn off for me.

And the blankets are cute, but I prefer the diapers. Or at least a pajama. Now I can't see the babies' feet (that meaning there won't be cute toys like the last one, complete with foot sucking :P)

That hair is awesome, indeed. I haven't looked at it in BS, though, but I'd love to give it a try at recoloring it. The textures are fine as they are, but I prefer bright colors (I told you, I'm from the school of obnoxiously bright colors with my sims!)