Like I said, I was playing the non-patched leaked version, so perhaps that was adjusted in the final copy. All I know is, it took a very long time of romantic interactions before the "ask to go steady" option came up. I grabbed it, then saw the "ask to break up" option, and did that right away. 

This is not true. At least in the unpatched leaked copy. My Sim asked someone who had a boyfriend to go steady and she accepted. Right after that, I had the option to "ask to break up with Tim". She agreed by saying something like, "I suppose you're right. Tim and I are over. But Tim will be very upset with you. You should work on your relationship." It took a crapload of time to even get the option to go steady, though. You have to be very persistent.

Interesting development regarding an Unlucky Sim:

He was having an unlucky day (it's a random and very annoying moodlet) and I commanded him to repair the television. He, of course, got electrocuted, curled up and died. The grim reaper came (there was no option for my Sim's recently-pregnant wife to plead by the way) and did his thing. The Sim actually became a ghost and seemed to converse with the grim reaper. Suddenly, the grim reaper laughed and there was a bubble that said something along the lines of: "Ahh, what the heck. It's too funny watching your luck run out and mess things up all the time. I'll come for you another day." And my Sim lived. So I guess "Unlucky" is a sort of reverse psychology, then?

A few random thoughts and comments:

~ My Sim had a boyfriend when she asked another guy (George, her boyfriend's roommate) who was classified as her "love interest" to move in with her. He agreed, and then suddenly he asked her to breakup with her boyfriend. A popup came up and asked if she would like to end her relationship with her boyfriend, and I clicked yes, and it said something like "Sheila has ended her relationship with Bob. However, Bob is not happy with George, perhaps they can regain their friendship over time" or something like that. I thought this was interesting and kind of funny.

~ I do love the career advancement system. I like the categories for advancement and the fact that they involve more than skill building. For example my journalist Sim needed to advance in charisma, and writing obviously, but also in freelance writings from interviews and articles. It's cool.

~ I also really like how you can chose how they spend their time at work and that they can - ahem - build their skills at work.

~ My game has frozen twice during saving. Pissed me off.

~ testingcheatsenabled might just be as buggy as it used to be. I had it on, and when I clicked on buy mode, everything was completely blacked out. Not grayed out as though I couldn't buy anything - a complete black hole.

~ The clothing is exceptionally limited on the male side. I searched for the life of me and couldn't find a simple suit and tie.

~ I do love the new options in CAS but with regards to facial structure, it can't hold a candle to TS2's Bodyshop. So much for high cheekbones and strong-jawed hunks. I am really going to have to spend some time trying to mess with the sliders to get the type of Sims I like.

~ We need more skintones.

~ The eyes are creepy. They have no depth, just pools of color.

Also a question:

Does anyone know how to put already-made food in an inventory? It just won't go. The little hand does not appear when I tried to drag it to my Sims individual inventory, and there was a red x when I tried to put it in the household one. I lost a friggin challenge because of this. :/