Same-sex relationship: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Hot Date]]'', all randomly-generated dates taking place on a [[Downtown]] lot will be between a male Sim and a female Sim. However, the generation of non-player dates is not sophisticated, and will often show married Sims in the same room as their spouses while both are on dates with other Sims without triggering jealousy, suggesting that these 'dates' might actually not be romantic in nature, though the exclusion of same-sex pairings remains curious in that case.

* ''[[The Sims 2]]'' allows formalized gay and lesbian relationships in the form of Joined Union, identical to straight Sim marriage in everything but terminology, although some players have observed that a Joined Union may yield fewer aspiration points than a Marriage for a Sim with a related want. However, numerous player-created hacks are available that allow same-sex couples to marry in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' on the same terms as opposite-sex couples, and in ''[[The Sims 3]]'' all couples are able to marry, regardless of gender. It should also be noted that while family members of a Sim in a same-sex relationship will get a memory of the family member getting engaged (provided that he or she did in fact get engaged) they will not receive a memory of said family member getting married, or 'joining union' with a member of the same sex.

** In ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'', same-sex couples cannot have any children together, as the option to adopt does not exist in this game.

** In ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3]]'', cheats and/or hacks can be used to allow a same-sex couple to have a baby that is the biological offspring of one or both of them.