I don't have it currently, I uninstalled it when I realised I didn't want my game to explode into a large fiery ball visible from outer space should I start mucking with it.

So, I would be downloading it again, and whichever version they offer (or someone tells me is better) would be the one I would download.

Yeah, Brynne, when I said dumbed-down, I mean I have no idea how to use SimPE.  So, a tutorial or step-by-step instructions that I can read that tells me how to do that specifically would be awesome.

How (in completely dumbed-down terms  ) do I make it so that she recognizes him as family, and doesn't want to fall in love with him?

This rolled as a want as soon as he moved out to his own house.

Same here, no gifts from couples that live in the same house.

That little girl, Meadow, though, has brought over quite a few presents.  I grew her to adult, hoping that gift train will keep coming! 

I would love to see pics of Motoki.

Brynne, you were adorable.    I recently got a picture of myself when I was about 3, and I couldn't believe I had never seen that picture before.

I take my Sims on dates for a couple of reasons, mainly.  Romance Sims are obvious.  And the other reason is for when they have wants I can't fulfill for one reason or another, I will set them up on a date, and all of their wants will change to be more in-line with the date, thereby allowing me to get them into platinum mood, and then I can end the date with my Sims in much better moods.  I used that to avoid aspiration failure for my Romance Sims, right before they were about to have a baby. 

I've gotten a couple of hot tubs, and a karaoke machine, and a couple of more minor presents.  The funny thing is, the last time my Sim got the hot tub, was after her date had caught her cheating on him.  He dropped off the roses, caught her, dropped of the hot tub, and then a couple of Sim hours later, started stealing her newspaper and kicking over her trash can!   

Holy crap, Brynne!  I was just thinking I can't wait until my two elders die, so I can go back to 4, which is really the comfortable Sim limit for me.

I can't imagine having that many!

If she does, that would be awesome.  Right now I am without Internet, and I can't copy stuff from this computer, so I'll have to wait a couple of weeks. 

This weekend, my Romance Sim made a few new "friends" and when she was on a date downtown, one of her old dates caught her cheating on him (like her husband wasn't the first clue he wasn't the only one  ) and now he sneaks by her house at least 5 times a day, stealing her newspaper and kicking over her trash can.  I don't care about the newspaper, but the trash can thing is infuriating.  I guess I'll be building a fence around it. 

I had the same problem with the car (a Maxis one) on the first day I got NL.  Nothing seemed able to fix it (and at the time, I had removed all hacks.)

What I ended up doing was sending my Sim home in a taxi and the car was there when she got home. 

My Sims get furious at the burglars who rob them.  The relationship repairs itself over time though, and eventually they go into positive relationships, where they would be best friends with little effort at all, and this is when they had never previously met that burglar.

I downloaded hacks from TJ without ever being a member, so you don't need to be a member to download anything, only to post in the forums.

ROFLMAO! 

That is such complete and utter shite!  rentech needs to get out and get a real god-damned life.

I would like to know that too, after all, if even Pescado isn't banned officially (but what the hell is the difference between read-only and guest, is what I'd like to know) 

I know, me too.  

Wow, Motoki.  Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. 

Aww, Bangelnuts, that's so sad. 

People can be so wretched to animals (watch, you'll see their names listed as Most Wanted Serial Killer later in life).

My mother's cat currently has kidney problems, which they discovered when they had to do an operation for a broken leg, and I had a cat previously that was only about 3 years old when he developed kidney problems.  It got bad very quickly as he started to be unable to walk.  I took him to the vet and held him when they euthanized him, and he never broke eye contact with me.  But, it was the most humane thing for him. 

You're doing the right thing, Missdoh.

That's really too bad about your cat.  I've had to put cats down before and it was an incredibly difficult thing to do.    I feel your pain.

Was it or wasn't it a request of El Presidente that they don't link to this site?

I'm confused on this point.   

He's cute.  I really love the eyes. 

Well, I guess they are not about to advertise a site More Awesome Than Them. 

Motoki, it's not so crazy.  I know, I have done that too.  When I reinstalled the game right before I installed NL, I started all over with new downloads, and spent forever organising it into sub-sections.  It was a lot easier than trying to figure out what everything was and moving it over.  Now I have a system that works pretty well.  Plus, it's easy to take out a certain component (like hacks, for instance) if I want to upload a lot.

I only have less than a gig of CC, and it took forever, I can't imagine rebuilding 5!

So, the point of deleting it all, then re-downloading everything was just to get it organised?  If that's what makes you happy, I guess more power to you.

If you want some download sites, here are some:

Index Sites

http://www.strategyplanet.com/thesims/simsshowcase/ - index
http://www.thesimsurfer.com/ - index

Both clothes and objects

http://simfantasy.free.fr/Sims2/sims2 - very nice furniture
http://www.aroundthesims2.com/ - gorgeous furniture
http://www.simplystyling.de/homesims2.html - nice clothes and objects
http://www.modthesims2.com/
http://www.parsimonious.org/ - Sims and lots are the best thing about this site
http://www.spiffysims.com/ - really nice clothes and a lot of content in general
http://mangosims2.free.fr/
http://www.peggysims2.net/ - has some nice stuff
http://www.romancesims.com/
http://www.serasims.de.vu/ - a really nice site
http://www.simsquirts.com/ - for all of your Sim children
http://www.sims2luxe.com/
http://www.simsconnection.com/
http://www.sunairsims.net/ - very nice furniture and accessories/clothes
http://www.welldressedsim.com/
http://www.simslice.com
http://sims2sisters.sme.sk/
http://www.simchic.com/ - objects, clothes, makeup, and accessories.
http://tarox.sx.am/
http://www.simgedoehns2.de/eng/index.htm - modern furniture, some skins
http://www.vitasims.com/sims2.htm
http://www.simplyelau.it/index.htm
http://www.mmo-town.com/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=b9bb7017cb3289a06c1f623ccbcf97b5
http://www.2-for-u.de.vu/
http://69.50.240.194/~bellamob/
http://sims2.beewitched.com/
http://forwardmotionis.net/
http://gameisland.ru/TheSims2/eng/main.html
http://fashion-show.org/
http://www.simulatedliving.com/
http://www.thesimsresource.com - Not free, but a rotational 3% is free and changed every 3 days.
http://www.pixelsims.com/ - nice windows and doors. Some clothes here as well, but not much of that.
http://www.coolbits.com/sims/
http://www.xmsims.com/
http://moonsims.asi.org/simlove/Sims2/
http://simsid.com/sims2_index.html
http://www.simenapule.it/

Clothes

http://all-about-style.com/index.html - a Victorian section
http://www.pronupsims.net/ - a lot of hairstyles and wedding themes
http://77simlane.angeltowns.com/77simlane2/ - more gothic and dark-style clothes, piercings and hair
http://www.alicefashion.com/index.htm
http://www.getskintight.net/
http://sims.varotica.de/ - gothic style clothes and underwear.
http://www.simsboutique.com/index.php
http://www.ikkerinas-pages.tk/
http://www.sims2paradise.com/
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Style2ForSeniors/
http://www.helaene.com/ 
www.hairfish.com/mermaidcove/

Objects/Build Mode

http://www.holysimoly.com/ - fabulous modern furniture
http://www.casa-darte.de/ - art and decorative objects, as well as extensive walls and floors
http://m-sim-o.com/ - very nice, modern furniture
http://www.simcrow.com/
http://sterlingsims2.com/ - large selection of walls and flooring, as well as lots and a forum
http://reflexsims.de/index1.htm - very nice site
http://www.simlogical.com/ - hacked objects, etc.
http://www.eternal-echo.net/sims/ - awesome meshes for rugs (recolourable) and kids stuff