The Sims 3 berates you for having a child out of 'wedlock' Yes they use that word...

[Owyn_Merrilin]

That's their problem then. You can get married at a courthouse for a tiny amount, or have a church wedding for well less than the multi-thousand dollar blowout that you see on shows like Bridezillas. Not getting married because you want some ridiculous cinderella wedding is nothing but an excuse, and not a particularly good one. I will say that I can understand couples who can't get married right away because of financial issues, but if they really want to commit with their partner, to have children and grow old together, they should be working toward that wedding. If they don't want all that, they shouldn't be having children in the first place.

You do realise that depending on your background your family might not actually allow you to have a small wedding. They bride isnt having a $95,000 cinderella wedding with 300 people because she wants to she is having one because she is italian and if she doesnt her family will disown her.

So she has a family so traditional that they will disown her if she doesn't have a ridiculous fairy tale wedding, but not if she skips the wedding and just has a kid out of wedlock? That sounds pretty far fetched to me.

 

[TheDarkestDerp]

It's pretty damn ridiculous, personally. But seeing as how marriage... eheh... is between "a man and a woman" ...I suppose this game fits in with the average patriarcho-bullshit ideals the modern society wants. What a crock...

Except the Sims lets you marry same-sex. Sooo...

Really? *snofts* That is pretty surprising. Nice to see some progress being made. Baby steps. Baby steps.