Marriage: Difference between revisions

When two Sims who are [[adult]]s or [[elder]]s are in love, they can first get engaged, and then marry. [[Young adult]] Sims can get engaged, but cannot marry while they are at [[College (sub-neighborhood)|college]]. If ''[[Bon Voyage]]'' or later is installed, Sims can marry while on a [[community lot]]. With the addition of [[Family tree#The Sims 2|family ties]] and [[Family relationships#The Sims 2|family relationships]], marriage becomes a condition as well as an event, so Sims who are living in the same household can marry. If the Sims are not already living together, the Sim being proposed to will move in with the Sim who proposed as soon as the wedding ceremony is over. For both engagement and marriage, either Sim can propose.

Marriages between two Sims of the same sex are referred to as "Joined Unions" in ''[[The Sims 2]]'', although engagement is still engagement, and a wedding party is still called a wedding party. While the names of the Sim-to-Sim and wedding arch interactions for marriage are different ("Propose... Joined Union" and "Join Union") for same-sex couples, the interactions themselves are the same. If the Sims do not already live together, the Sim being proposed to will move in with the Sim who proposed, and unless a mod is used, the Sim who initiates the union is the Sim whose last name both parties will take.