Better Late Than Never

**A friend helps an older friend reconnect with someone from their past.**

This is a newer friendship story that you can initiate when your sim becomes friends with an Elder sim. It unlocks a male and female outfit.

# Chapters

## Intergenerational Allies

Starting dialogue:

**Your sim:** You seems so anti-technology. Time to embrace the future! It's not like rotary phones are making a comeback.

**Elder:** I'm not anti-technology, I just miss talking to people directly. And I miss the thrill of checking my answering machine.

**Your sim:** Answering machine?! Here, let's hang out so I can show you my new phone. We can take some pics to post to Simstagram!
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**Your sim:** The pics I posted to Simstagram are getting a lot of likes! Oh! Someone commented... saying they know you? Look!
**Elder:** Oh my... I do know them. Or I used to. We were friends for eighteen years, but then we had a falling out.
**Your sim:** Hmm... but they reached out through the magic of social media. Maybe they want to reconnect?
## Social Media Sleuths

Starting dialogue:

**Your sim:** What caused the fallout with your friend? Don't leave out any juicy details.
**Elder:** Honestly, I'm not sure. I remember telling them I was seeing someone new. Before I knew it, they stopped returning my calls.
**Your sim:** Ooo, maybe you stole their crush! Let's hang out and you can tell me more about them. That might jog your memory!
Ending dialogue:

**Elder:** I guess it couldn't hurt to message my long-lost-friend and find out if they want to talk after all these years.
**Your sim:** I'll help you! You want to sound friendly, but still cool and casual, like no big deal that you haven't talked in a billion years.
**Elder:** Thanks. I'm not quite THAT old yet.
## Past Pursuers

Starting dialogue:

**Elder:** The more I think back, the more it seem my friend might have liked the person I started seeing.
**Your sim:** Ooh, so maybe you DID steal their crush. Look at you, Casanova.
**Elder:** Hardly! If I had known my fried was interested in the same person I was, I never would have pursued it.
Ending dialogue:

**Elder:** It's all coming back to me now. My friend kept asking about my new love interest. Why didn't I see it before?

**Your sim:** Hindsight is 20/20. Hopefully they will respond to our message and maybe then you can reconnect.
## Friends with Messages

Starting dialogue:

> **Elder:** My long-lost friend responded to me, but I can tell they don't want to talk about the past. I wonder what I did?! It must have been bad.
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> **Your sim:** They might just be shy! It's been a million billion years since you guys talked, remember? Because you're old?
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> **Elder:** Once again, I'm not THAT old. But that is a good point. Let's hang out and figure out what to do next...
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Ending dialogue:

> **Your sim:** I think we wrote a nice reply to your long-lost friend! It's clear that you want to know what went wrong all those years ago.
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> **Elder:** I really hope they respond even if they don't forgive me. It'd be nice to get closure.
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> **Your sim:** See? Technology can be nifty! And you didn't event want me to post your pics on Simstagram.
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## Simstagram Gurus

After this chapter is complete, the male outfit "Waist Ascending Casual Wear" is unlocked. It is a sweater with a plaid shirt and high-waisted jeans.

Starting dialogue:

> **Elder:** Simstagram is so complicated. I miss the good old days when you didn't have to take pictures of everything.
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> **Your sim:** But how would you tell your friends what you did?
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> **Elder:** Your friends would have been there with you, of course. None of this "Maybe" RSVP nonsense.
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Ending dialogue:

> **Elder:** My long-lost friend had ended our friendship over the phone. I wonder if things would be different if we were face-to-face.
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> **Your sim:** They might have been, but you can't blame technology for your friend's behaviour. Sounds like they had other issues.
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## Online Explorers

Starting dialogue:

> **Elder:** I don't understand why my friend wouldn't tell me they were interested in the same person I was. We grew up together.
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> **Your sim:** People grow apart. It happens.
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> **Elder:** Not us. We were inseparable. We talked about anything and everything back in those days.
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Ending dialogue:

> **Elder:** I got an email saying you signed me up for something called "Mutter"?
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> **Your sim:** Oh yeah! It's where you can share all your thoughts and opinions as long as they're 140 characters or less.
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> **Elder:** Sounds exhausting. I think I'll stick to good old-fashioned complaining.
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## Time-tested Friends

Starting dialogue:

> **Your sim:** So, about your friend.... They just cut you off out of the blue? They saw you with their crush and that's it?
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> **Elder:** We'd had disagreements in the past, but we always resolved them. This time was different. They stopped returning my calls.
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Ending dialogue:

> **Elder:** Thanks for spending so much time with me. I know you could be out "getting down" or whatever young people call it.
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> **Your sim:** Eww, never say "getting gown" again. But, sure, I enjoy hanging out with you and hearing your stories.
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> **Elder:** I've got a good one about rewinding video tapes if you're interested.
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## Truth-Seekers

Starting dialogue:

> **Elder:** My long-lost-friend responded to me! Wait, what?! They were secretly in love with me?! I had no idea!
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> **Your sim:** Your friend of so many years was in love with you? Wow, that's a big secret!
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> **Elder:** How was I supposed to know?! More importantly, what should I do now? You have to help me figure this out.
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Ending dialogue:

> **Elder:** Thank you for helping me reconnect with my long-lost friend. I couldn't have done it without you!
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> **Your sim:** I'm happy I could help! I really hope you two can be friends again despite all that happened before.
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> **Elder:** I hope so, too! We have a lot to work out, but better late than never.
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## Relationship Revivers

Starting dialogue:

> **Your sim:** I know it could be nerve-racking, but I think you should meet up with your friend!
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> **Elder:** Meet up with them? In person?! But I'm doing just fine chatting with them on Simstagram.
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> **Your sim:** You're always saying how important in-person meetings are and how impersonal Simstagram is.
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Ending dialogue:

> **Elder:** Alright, I thought about what you said, I'm going to meet up with my long-lost friend in person.
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> **Your sim:** That's great! Wow, it's like the resolution of a really long mystery! I hope it goes well.
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> **Elder:** Thanks again for all your help. I feel like I've gained two dear friends through all of this!
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