Romance (aspiration)

Sims with the Romance Aspiration crave lots of lovin' with as many different Sims as they can find, so setting aside the time for them to chase those hot prospects is key. Fill their Aspiration Meters with hot steamy nights and lust-filled days in order to keep Romance Sims' lives long and exciting.
Romance is an aspiration in The Sims 2. Romance Sims are passionate to have as many romantic possibilities with anyone as possible, without being tied up by lifelong commitment. Romance Sims dare to have many lovers and cheat them without getting caught. They also want to make out and WooHoo with many Sims. If The Sims 2: Nightlife is installed, they also want to go on dates with their partners.
Though Romance Sims love to love, they don't want to bind a commitment with their lover, whether it's to go steady or get married.
==Meter Levels==
Level 	Teen 	Adult 	Elder
Platinum 	Major Heart-throb 	Don Juan / Femme Fatale	Fiery Fossil
Gold 	Total Babe 	Love Machine 	Silver Fox
High Green	Hottie 	Lusty Lover 	Sexy Senior
Low Green 	Hormonal Hurricane	Hopeless Romantic 	Old Flame
Low Red 	Wallflower 	Cold Fish 	Dirty Old Man / Dirty Old Woman
Deep Red 	Lonely Loser 	Total Turn-Off 	Burned-out Cinder
==Wants & Fears==
===Wants===
*(Pet) Gets a Job
*(Sim) is Cured of Being a Warlock
*(Sim) is Cured of Being a Witch
*(Sim) is Cured of Lycanthropy
*(Sim) is Cured of PlantSimism
*(Sim) is Cured of Vampirism
*Appreciate (Sim)
*Ask (Sim) Home
*Ask (Sim) on Date
*Be a Personal Trainer
*Be Best Friends with (Sim)
*Be BFF with (Sim)
*Be Cured of Lycanthropy
*Be Cured of PlantSimism
*Be Cured of Witchery
*Be Flirted With
*Be Friends with (Sim)
*Be Tickled by (Sim)
*Be Tutor
*Bite (Sim)
*Bowl with (Sim)
*Break Up with (Spouse)
*Buy a Bar
*Buy a Double Bed
*Buy a Double Bed Costing at Least §2,500
*Buy a Game
*Buy a Hot Tub
*Buy a Makeover Station
*Buy a Phone
*Buy a Recliner
*Buy a Sauna
*Buy a Sofa or Loveseat
*Buy a Stereo
*Buy a Vacation Home
*Buy an Exercise Machine
*Buy an Exercise Machine Costing at Least §2,200
*Buy Espresso for (Sim)
*Buy Love Potion #8.5
*Buy Vamprocillin-D
*Cast a Spell
*Change into PJs
*Change into Undies
*Chat Online
*Classic Dance with (Sim)
*Classic Dance with Someone
*Counterfeit Simoleons
*Cure Vampirism
*Dance with (Sim)
*Dance with Someone
*Declare the Art Major
*Declare the Psychology Major
*Dine Out with (Sim)
*Drink Love Potion #8.5
*Entertain (Sim)
*Fall in Love with (Sim)
*Find a Roommate
*Fire (Sim)
*Flirt
*Flirt with (Sim)
*Freestyle for Tips
*Gain a Cleaning Skill Point
*Gain a Cooking Skill Point
*Gain a Creativity Skill Point
*Gain a Logic Skill Point
*Gain a Mechanical Skill Point
*Gain a Skill Point
*Get a Bronze Cosmetology Talent Badge
*Get a Facelift
*Get a Gold Cosmetology Talent Badge
*Get a job in the Dance CareerWhile the corresponding lifetime want isn't available to Romance Sims, the corresponding want is.
*Get a job in the Entertainment Career
*Get a job in the Intelligence Career
*Get a job in the Music Career
*Get a job in the Slacker Career
*Get a Picture
*Get a Silver Cosmetology Talent Badge
*Get Fit
*Get Married to (Sim)While this want is available to Romance Sims, the chances of it actually showing up in-game are very slim, if at all.
*Get Picture Taken with (Sim)
*Give (Sim) a Makeover
*Give Backrub to (Sim)
*Go on Island Vacation
*Go Out
*Go Swimming
*Gussy Up
*Hang Out with (Sim)
*Have 2 Loves At Once
*Have 3 Loves at Once
*Have 5 Best Friends
*Have 5 Loves at Once
*Have 10 Loves at Once
*Have 30 Loves at Once
*Have a Bad Reputation
*Have a Dream Date with (Sim)
*Have a Good Reputation
*Have a Party
*Have Pillow Fight
*Have Very First Kiss
*Have Very First WooHoo
*Hire (Sim) as Employee
*Hug (Sim)
*Hustle Pool
*Influence (Sim) to Clean
*Influence (Sim) to Do My Assignment
*Influence (Sim) to Entertain Another Sim
*Influence (Sim) to Flirt
*Influence (Sim) to Kiss Another Sim
*Influence (Sim) to Serve a Meal
*Influence (Sim) to Talk To Another Sim
*Influence (Sim) to Write My Term Paper
*Invite (Sim) Over
*Kiss (Sim)
*Learn Lifelong Happiness
*Learn Physiology
*Light Fire in Fireplace
*Lower Hands on (Sim)
*Make A Wish
*Make a Wish
*Make Coffee
*Make Drinks
*Make Espresso
*Make Out with (Sim)
*Make Out with 3 Different Sims
*Make Out with 5 Different Sims
*Make Out with 10 Different Sims
*Make Out with 20 Different Sims
*Maximize a Skill
*Meet Aliens
*Meet Someone New
*Offer (Pet) for Adoption
*Order Room Service
*Perform Music for Tips
*Play Cards with (Sim)
*Play Chess
*Play Darts
*Play Pinball
*Play Video Game
*Play With (Sim)
*Practice Romance
*Practice Speech
*Public WooHoo
*Public WooHoo with (Sim)
*Public WooHoo with 3 Different Sims
*Purchase a Flower Arrangement
*Put Head on Shoulders
*Quit Job
*Reach Body Level 1 for Major
*Reach Charisma Level 1
*Reach Charisma Level 1 for Major
*Reach Cleaning Level 1 for Major
*Reach Cooking Level 1 for Major
*Reach Creativity Level 1 for Major
*Reach Logic Level 1 for Major
*Reach Mechanical Level 1 for Major
*Reach Top of Music Career
*Reach Top of Slacker Career
*Ride ElectroDanceSphere
*See a Ghost
*See Rain
*Sell a Great Novel
*Sell a Masterpiece
*Sell Expensive Object to (Sim)
*Sell Lemonade
*Sell Ridiculously Expensive Object to (Sim)
*Sell Very Expensive Object to (Sim)
*Slow Dance with (Sim)
*Smooch with (Sim)
*Sneak Out
*Stay Home from Work
*Sunbathe
*Talk to (Sim)
*Tell Dirty Joke to (Sim)
*Tell Joke to (Sim)
*Throw a Birthday Party
*Throw a Toga Party
*Tickle (Sim)
*Use Voodoo Doll
*Visit (Sim)
*Win a Game Against (Sim)
*WooHoo
*WooHoo in Bed
*WooHoo in Hammock
*WooHoo in Helicopter
*WooHoo in Hot Tub
*WooHoo in Elevator
*WooHoo in Love Tub
*WooHoo in Sauna
*WooHoo in Tent
*WooHoo with (Sim)
*WooHoo with 3 Different Sims
*WooHoo with 5 Different Sims
*WooHoo with 5 Service Sims
*WooHoo with 10 Different Sims
*WooHoo with 20 Different Sims
*Work as Barista
*Work as Bartender
*Work in Cafeteria
*Work Out on Exercise Machine
===Fears===
*(Sim) Becomes a Warlock
*(Sim) Becomes a Witch
*(Sim) Howls
*(Sim) is a PlantSim
*(Sim) is a Vampire
*(Sim) is a Werewolf
*(Sim) is a Zombie
*(Sim) is Abducted by Aliens
*(Sim) Summons Wolves
*Adopt a Child
*Be a Vampire
*Be a Zombie
*Be Abducted by Aliens
*Be Booed
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Date
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Photo Together
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Slow Dance
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Vampire Bite
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for Buying them a Espresso
*Be Rejected by (Sim) for Putting Head on Shoulders
*Be Rejected for a Backrub by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for a Dance
*Be Rejected for a Dance by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for a Flirt
*Be Rejected for a Flirt by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for a Hug by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for a Pillow Fight
*Be Rejected for a Tickle by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for an Invitation by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for Appreciate by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for Asking (Sim) Home
*Be Rejected for Classic Dance
*Be Rejected for Lower Hands on (Sim)
*Be Rejected for Playing With by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for Smooch with (Sim)
*Be Rejected for WooHoo in Elevator
*Be Rejected for WooHoo in Hammock
*Be Rejected for Woohoo in Helicopter
*Be Rejected For WooHoo in Tent
*Be Scared by Bigfoot
*Be Sprayed by a Skunk
*Be Stinky
*Be Struck by Lightning
*Be Uneducated
*Become a PlantSim
*Become a Werewolf
*Become a Witch
*Declare the Economics Major
*Declare the Physics Major
*Fall out of Love with (Sim)
*Get Busted
*Get Caught Sneaking Out
*Get Caught Two-timing
*Get Engaged to (Sim)
*Get Fat
*Get Fined
*Get Joined to (Sim)
*Get Married to (Sim)
*Get Rejected for a Kiss
*Get Rejected for a Kiss by (Sim)
*Get Rejected for Making Out by (Sim)
*Get Rejected for Public WooHoo
*Get Rejected for Public WooHoo with (Sim)
*Get Rejected for Very First Kiss
*Get Rejected for WooHoo by (Sim)
*Give (Sim) a Bad Makeover
*Go Steady with (Sim)
*Go to School
*Go to Work
*Have 4 Children
*Have a Baby
*Have a Bad Conversation with (Sim)
*Have a Bad Date with (Sim)
*Have a Party
*Have an Accident
*Have Bad Facelift
*Lose (Sim) as Best Friend
*Lose a Game Against (Sim)
*Love Potion #8.5 Backfires
*Meet Bigfoot
*Pass Out
*See a Ghost
*See Hail
*See the Ghost of (Sim)
*Sell a Lousy Painting
*Sell a Pulp Novel
*Tell Bad Joke to (Sim)
*Voodoo Doll Backfires
*Wish Backfires
*WooHoo Rejected
==Lifetime Wants==
*Become Celebrity ChefWhile the corresponding want isn't available to Romance Sims, the corresponding lifetime want is.
*Become Professional Party Guest
*Become Hall of Famer
*Have 20 Simultaneous Lovers
*WooHoo with 20 Different Sims
*Become Visionary (deprecated)This lifetime want was removed from the game following The Sims 2: Nightlife, as the game decided only college graduates could fulfill it, but it can be restored with mods.
*Become Rock God
==Aspiration Desperation==
When in aspiration desperation, a Sim will pull out a mop with a plate attached to the end (which has a crudely drawn face on it), and begins to show affection towards it. The gender of the face depends on the Sim's gender preference, although Sims with no gender preference will behave the same way heterosexual Sims do in this case, even if they are neutral towards their own gender while repulsed by the opposite gender.
==FreeTime Aspiration Benefits==
:Level 1 - Massive Attraction
:Level 2 - Slower Motive Decay
:Level 3 - Local Legend
:Level 4 - Smooth Talk
==Career Paths==
===Base game===
*Athletic 
*Culinary
*Slacker
===The Sims 2: University===
*Artist (deprecated)
===The Sims 2: Seasons===
* Music
===The Sims 2: FreeTime ===
*Dance
*Entertainment
*Intelligence
===Base game (console)===
*Fashion
==Majors==
*Art
*Psychology
==Pre-made Sims With Aspiration==
==Tips & Tricks==
*With FreeTime, it can be quite easy for a Romance Sim with all the perks to woo a Knowledge or even a Family Sim. Even without FreeTime, a Knowledge Sim can have some very good chemistry with a Romance Sim.
*If FreeTime is installed, a good way for two opposites to get along would be to have one partner be Romance/family or Romance/knowledge, and give the other partner Romance as a secondary aspiration.
* In the base game, if the players have a Romance and Knowledge Sim marry, give the Romance Sim a job and he or she will often roll the want to woohoo upon coming home. This can be good for Romance/Family pairings too, as the Family Sim will want to have a baby.
*If the players want a Romance Sim to marry and not have their aspiration bar fall low, make their secondary aspiration family. The players need The Sims 2: FreeTime to get a secondary aspiration.
*Romance Sims won't have a bad memory of marrying a rich Sim.
*A relationship between Family Sims and Romance Sims may not always result too well due to their clashing needs. Family Sims want to get engaged and married, while Romance Sims normally fear engagement and marriage; as a result, an engagement/marriage between Romance and Family Sims will often greatly boost a Family Sim's aspiration while severely lowering the Romance Sim's. The Family Sim will want to have children and raise them carefully, and Romance Sims will wish to WooHoo, go on dates and find other lovers all the same time. The problems arising from this pairing can be mitigated by having the two partners date often.
* For these reasons, if the player is looking to have a stable family, it's generally considered a poor strategy to have a Romance Sim marry. In order to keep their aspiration score high, they will effectively be required to cheat on their spouse.
* When a Romance Sim falls in love with another Sim, they may also gain a want to have multiple loves at once.
*Romance Sims are unique for not wanting to get married, engaged, go steady and have babies. Non-Romance Sims usually want things like this (besides Pleasure, but even they won't fear it).
*Similar to Pleasure Sims, a handful of Romance Sims actually want marriage. This is extremely unusual, probably the rarest Want a Romance Sim can possibly roll. The chance of rolling the Want to marry increases if the Sim is on a date.
*In rare cases, if someone (even a family type) has many children and is annoyed with them and has a low aspiration bar for two days or more, they will get Romance type wants (i.e. kiss someone, go on a date, flirt etc.).
*If a Sim that has the Romance aspiration is married or joined to someone, and was created to be married/joined in Create a Sim, the memory of the action will be a good memory.
*A Sim with this aspiration may want to be in love with more than one person at the same time, which implies cheating. Such Sims often have a fear of cheating.
*Despite fearing having babies, Romance Sims will still receive positive memories when a baby is born. Caring for their other wants can lighten the impact of such fears.
*Townies and NPCs with the zodiac sign of Taurus or Libra generally have this aspiration which made a reference to Venus, its traditional ruling planet named after the Roman goddess of romance, hence the reference itself.
*Even though marriage, engagement, and going steady are bad memories for Romance Sims, being rejected from those are bad to them too.
*Romance Sims walk differently when initiating a romantic social interaction in high aspiration. Only playable sims can do this, townies and NPCs cannot.
* There's a glitch in FreeTime onward in which Sims would get the wrong positive / negative type of engagement memory regardless of their aspiration. There's a mod that will fix this.
==References==
Category:Aspirations