Bypassing Infancy Stage

katy wrote:
> kat wrote:

>> They seem to keep happy enough. Not that I would know of course, the
>> dormies aren't controllable, officially, but I don't see any going
>> into aspiration failure, and they are very good about going to class
>> and doing assignments. The worst they get is smelly. Admittedly as
>> Jeanie says there are some pretty ugly ones, but unless you want
>> your sim to marry one does that matter.
>>
>>
> You still have to look at them! Too bad no one mods a paper sack for
> over the head...I'd put one on every single ugly SIM and make them
> walk around like that! Maybe I should go to a request site and ask
> that!

Now that's a good idea.


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Jeanie wrote:
> kat wrote:

> Admittedly as
>> Jeanie says there are some pretty ugly ones, but unless you want your
>> sim to marry one does that matter.
>
> Well, duh! Why else go to Uni unless it's to meet the man of your
> dreams?!? LOL
>

Most of mine go with the hope of finding the 20 men of their dreams.


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katy wrote:
> Jeanie wrote:
>> Well, duh! Why else go to Uni unless it's to meet the man of your
>> dreams?!? LOL
>>
>> Jeanie
> That old MRS degree! Thank God women do to college now for better
> reasons! Back in the day, my Dad expected me to major in either
> teaching or nursing...were the only 2 acceptable courses of
> action...except for secretarial school (blanch...not that there's
> anything worng with that but I'm just not wired that way...)

You may scoff but that is exactly what a woman I know did. She is now 34
years old. She went to uni so she could say she had an education. She got
married in her last year, then popped out a kid a year later and has never
looked back. She told me that she planned on never working but on staying at
home. She was getting a music degree so she could teach piano from home.
Once she had the kid, she didn't even do that.

My sister (29 this year) had a bunch of friends like that at uni, too.
Daughters of rich businessmen who went to uni and did economics degrees so
they could meet future businessmen and never have to work a day in their
life. One of her friends had the grand plan of marrying an economics or law
major, then settle down to popping out kids while spending his and daddy's
money. She also went trawling in meat market bars in Sydney (The Slipp Inn,
where Mary Donaldson met the Prince of Denmark, and the Establishment, which
is pretty much a meat market for the rich and not necessarily famous). I
don't know whether this girl reached her goal and went permaplat, though
My sister no longer keeps in touch with her.

The "go to uni to Mr Right" ideal is still alive and kicking out there.

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Engram wrote:
> katy wrote:
>
>>Jeanie wrote:
>>
>>>Well, duh! Why else go to Uni unless it's to meet the man of your
>>>dreams?!? LOL
>>>
>>>Jeanie
>>
>>That old MRS degree! Thank God women do to college now for better
>>reasons! Back in the day, my Dad expected me to major in either
>>teaching or nursing...were the only 2 acceptable courses of
>>action...except for secretarial school (blanch...not that there's
>>anything worng with that but I'm just not wired that way...)
>
>
> You may scoff but that is exactly what a woman I know did. She is now 34
> years old. She went to uni so she could say she had an education. She got
> married in her last year, then popped out a kid a year later and has never
> looked back. She told me that she planned on never working but on staying at
> home. She was getting a music degree so she could teach piano from home.
> Once she had the kid, she didn't even do that.
>
> My sister (29 this year) had a bunch of friends like that at uni, too.
> Daughters of rich businessmen who went to uni and did economics degrees so
> they could meet future businessmen and never have to work a day in their
> life. One of her friends had the grand plan of marrying an economics or law
> major, then settle down to popping out kids while spending his and daddy's
> money. She also went trawling in meat market bars in Sydney (The Slipp Inn,
> where Mary Donaldson met the Prince of Denmark, and the Establishment, which
> is pretty much a meat market for the rich and not necessarily famous). I
> don't know whether this girl reached her goal and went permaplat, though
> My sister no longer keeps in touch with her.
>
> The "go to uni to Mr Right" ideal is still alive and kicking out there.
>
> Engram
>
>
Unfortunately, statistics (fttt) suggest that women with degrees do
marry better and that men with higher education do not do well with
uneducated wives...there goes the dumb blond theory....I've read several
studies where they looked at divorce rates and education elvels and
ithey suggested that the more equal in education, not work experience,
the better suited the couple...maybe Maxon has some ideas about this
since it's in her field (Sociology)...of course, for every study out
there there is probably one that says the direst opposite, so who knows
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maxon wrote:
There are no hard and
> fast rules when it comes to humans.
>
> Best wishes
> maxon
>

Thank goodness...it would be very boring if there were...might as well
be SIMS....
>
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maxon wrote:

> how it effects individuals, especially women and it's a 'well known
> fact' in both the educational field and sociological circles that
> people's attitudes to education and their successes are strongly
> dependent on the education level and attitude towards learning of
> their mothers - at least in the West.

Back in the 60s we had a visit at school from someone from one of the
universities, plugging not just her institution, but all of them. One of
the things she said was that even if we weren't career minded, education was
never a waste - it would make us better mothers. Presumably, as in make
our own daughters aspire higher too.

I don't know if it made a lot of difference. I didn't go but did
professional exams to to degree level, and when my childeren were born, 2
girls and a boy, I tended to assume they would go if they wished and were
capable. The girls did, my son didn't.

My best friend on the other hand boasts 2 O levels and a few grade 2 CSEs,
never even thought about her 3 daughters going to Uni, though she did value
a good education, until the first clearly assumed she would go, and all 3
did in the end.

The only one to find a man there was my younger girl - and he was a plumber.
It lasted several years before they split but educational levels weren't the
problem, it was a comoplicated family problem on his side.

My older daughter OTOH read Economics. Not to find a business man husband
but because she loves that kind of thing. She met her partner at work, they
are both management accountants. I suppose that is definitely like
attracting like!


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