Memories

Memories are collected by Sims in The Sims 2, and stored in a panel in the Sim's information box. Memories can be good or bad (determined by the Sim's aspiration). Bad memories can cause Sims to grieve. All memories, good or bad, can become topics of conversation, and Sims who hear about these memories also get an invisible "marker" of the memory, which means they can gossip to other Sims. Positive memories are shown in green, and negative memories are shown in red.

Bon Voyage adds a sub-box to this called Vacation Mementos.

This feature is not included in The Sims 3, however moodlets act as temporary memories, and Sims will often remember major tragedies like deaths of family or friends and divorce by occasionally crying. Memories are reported to re-appear in The Sims 3: Generations.