I made Shane spiral into despair and it was awful

[WinterYam]

So Shane is my spouse in the game, and after seeing some of his weird marriage dialogue, I decided I wanted to check out his snarky side (or what I thought would be his snarky side). I know the spouses have different negative dialogue interactions typically when they are below 10 hearts. My plan was to bring the heart level down, experience some snarky dialogue, and then just force feed him a bunch of beer and pizza to quickly restore our marriage. Didn't quite work out that way.

I used the slingshot on him to rapidly bring the hearts down from 14 to 3. Pretty much after that, he wouldn't talk to my farmer (angry squiggle bubble) and when he did it was really morbid and depressing stuff-often about the marriage/feeling "trapped" etc.. I think ::"Sigh..Do you still love me anymore?" was kind of soul crushing. So I figured I would just restore the hearts right away...problem is...it doesn't happen that fast! With no new Heart Events (and his birthday being a couple months away as it was Summer) it took constant gifts (lots of $ by the way) with a rate of ONE heart every 4-5 days. It was especially hard because if the character is mad at you and with a low heart level, you can't hug/kiss. He also stopped doing chores and making his horrible microwave meals. : ( I never thought I would miss the squishy omelets so much. :( And not to mention he stayed in bed about 5 days/7 week and only interacting to spout gloomy dialogue. He didn't even play with the chicken in the back (which was a Saturday routine).

Luckily, my marriage was saved by the power of pizza, pepper poppers, and beer. (Does that work for ppl in real life??) And after 10 hearts he started acting himself again (and hugging/kissing, which expediated the heart gain). Now, things are back to normal and he's resumed making questionable microwave dinners and complaining about eating too much. Life is good on the farm!

So the moral of the story is....don't attack your spouse with a slingshot.

 

[Zen_the_Ogre]

Why does this just sound like your average third year of marriage inrl?

Just replace slingshots with pranks and nerf guns!

 

[WinterYam]

Why does this just sound like your average third year of marriage inrl?

Just replace slingshots with pranks and nerf guns!

I've also found that if I gift my IRL husband with a constant flow of beer and pizza, things go pretty well. XD

 

[Zen_the_Ogre]

I've also found that if I gift my IRL husband with a constant flow of beer and pizza, things go pretty well. XD

Except his cholesterol.......

 

[Ereo]

So the moral of the story is....don't attack your spouse with a slingshot.

That is a very important lesson that should be in every relationship book ;)

 

[LRangerR]

 

[Michael LeChite]

I've also found that if I gift my IRL husband with a constant flow of beer and pizza, things go pretty well. XD

I can't think a better way of getting to someone's heart than with these items

 

[Phate4569]

I can't think a better way of getting to someone's heart than with these items

A scalpel does the trick nicely.

 

[LRangerR]

I can't think a better way of getting to someone's heart than with these items

They not only get to your heart, but your arteries as well! What a bonus!!

 

[rippytrippy]

lmfao
I shoulda done this with Seb before I dumped the man

 

[Elenna101]

So the moral of the story is....don't attack your spouse with a slingshot.

Or if you do, at least make a backup first :D (Which is what I did before testing out this exact same thing with Leah...)

 

[Lew Zealand]

Mmm... good call, always have a backup spouse in case you want to test the little subtleties of modern relationships like their resistance to mechanically assisted rock launching.

From what I can tell, Elliot should be a great backup as the rocks will get lost in his hair. Honorable mention goes to Haley for the same and she may be familiar with rocks in her head already.

 

[ISSsloth]

Mmm... good call, always have a backup spouse in case you want to test the little subtleties of modern relationships like their resistance to mechanically assisted rock launching.

From what I can tell, Elliot should be a great backup as the rocks will get lost in his hair. Honorable mention goes to Haley for the same and she may be familiar with rocks in her head already.

And honestly I don't think Abigail would mind either. Would you be mad if someone threw a chocolate bar or bag of candy at you?

 

[LRangerR]

Mmm... good call, always have a backup spouse in case you want to test the little subtleties of modern relationships like their resistance to mechanically assisted rock launching.

From what I can tell, Elliot should be a great backup as the rocks will get lost in his hair. Honorable mention goes to Haley for the same and she may be familiar with rocks in her head already.

Seb would also be a good backup, as he's already familiar with throwing things at dull faces.

 

[Anhaga]

Luckily, my marriage was saved by the power of pizza, pepper poppers, and beer. (Does that work for ppl in real life??)

I bring home a crowler of some sort of fancy beer from the pub downstairs from work for my RL husband every Friday. It definitely helps to keep things running smoothly.

Of course, I also bring me home a crowler of fancy beer. That way everyone has their own beer and no one gets mad that someone else drank it all. This is a problem we have with pizza, as our children are getting large enough to devour entire large pizzas on their own (no joke, did you know that a 6-year-old human can eat 3/4 of a pizza on his own if you just let him keep at it?).

 

[LRangerR]

I bring home a crowler of some sort of fancy beer from the pub downstairs from work for my RL husband every Friday. It definitely helps to keep things running smoothly.

Makes me want to turn the basement of the farmhouse into a speakeasy