The Patel Family - Week 9

Week 8 is here.

The Patels have lived for what feels like forever in this house, but the members of the family have changed considerably since they started out in New Maximiliania.

Parvati Patel is the daughter of the original Patel couple,  Ana and Ramir. She had a brother and a sister, Padma and Param, who tragically died in a fire. Ramir was a Rock God and it is off all the money he made that the family still live today, years after both Ramir and Ana have moved on to the Great Community Lot in the sky.

Parvati always knew she wanted to have at least three kids who'd graduate from college, and she had help with her lifetime want from Cedric Stacks (formerly Cooke, the half-Alien son of Julien Cooke) who made two sets of twins with her - but never moved in or proposed marriage, as he was already in a relationship with Helena Stacks, eventually marrying her and having children with her as well.

The older two are Patrick and the only girl, Priya, who clearly shows the Alien heritage from her father's side.

The younger two are Paul and Param (not pictured). All four made into Private School last round, and the group look very smart in their school uniforms as they get on the school bus this Monday morning.

Last round, with the wish to get married very strong in her heart, Parvati repeatedly enlisted the help of the Matchmaker. But all her blind dates turned out to be either just two bolts, or alredy married. She is about to give the whole blind dating thing one more chance...

...and guess what - the Matchmaker finally comes up with a 3-bolt-man for Parvati!! Keith Fairchild is a Townie and would normally not be eligible as husband material, but seeing as Parvati really deserves to find love and happiness after raising four kids practically on her own, I give in and let her work on her relationship with him.

That same evening, the younger twins turn into teenagers . This is Param; I have somehow forgotten to take a picture of Paul. We will learn their lifetime wants tomorrow.

Tomorrow is here, and on this Tuesday morning we learn that Paul (left) dreams of celebrating his Golden Anniversary one day, while Param (right) is an aspiring Professional Party Guest.

When her four are off to school, Parvati does those things she can not leave to her household help: looking after the orange tree in front of the house, for instance, or paying the bills.

In the afternoon, she is busy with her guests: Her children's headmaster Vince Walter has been invited. Because of his surname, he is eligible for becoming a proper New Maximilianian, and Parvati wants to befriend with that goal in mind.

Her other guest is Keith. Even though the two of them met only yesterday, their relationship is already at 100, and they have a crush on each other. It will take a bit more time to build up the long-term relationship, but with a 3-bolt-couple it is always easier.

Wednesday morning shows that Keith has spent the night with Parvati; they are not yet best friends and so the red-hearts stage (which enables them to woohoo) has not yet been reached - meaning that nothing more than a cuddle has happened in this bed.

But once the four teenagers are at school, Keith and Parvati spend a few more hours interacting with each other, and indeed part as best friends just as the school bus drops them off again.

Nothing really remarkable happens for the rest of the day; homework is done, and then I leave the kids pretty much to their own devices, fulfilling the occasional wish such as when Param here wants to juggle bottles.

It is Thursday morning, and the two younger boys have just spent their first night in their new beds - gone are the "racing car" beds they loved when they were kids but now find rather childish.

Once all four are at school, Parvati invites Keith over again. He arrives just as Calendula Capp walks by, and so the elderly lady is also asked in.

Maybe Parvati was distracted by Keith being around; anyway, the special dinner she wants to offer today - stuffed rainbow trout - is just a little overdone.

Never mind - her 3-bolt-man only has eyes for her anyway, and now the two are in love true and proper! Paul is not sure what he finds more disgusting - his Mom and her new "beau" flirting, or the burnt food!

To my surprise, as soon as Keith accepts Parvati's inviation to move in, he age-transitions - obviously he was a student and is now an adult. His lifetime bar shows that he is 29 days from elderhood, whereas Parvati is 10 "years" older.

Keith is a Knowledge Sim and wants to become Hall of Famer. He holds no job at the moment but carries a university diploma in his backpack. Also, he adds 18,000 Simoleons to the household account.

Unimpressed by all this, the four siblings spend the summer afternoon having a waterballoon fight - something they were all wishing for.

Friday morning begins with Keith repairing the broken tap in one of the two bathrooms. He wants to prove that it was a good decision having him join the family, and as long as he does not yet have a job, he pulls his weight by contributing to the house work.

Part of this strategy is also to dismiss the maid - her services are simply not needed anymore, what with two adults not working and four teenagers very capable of doing their bit.

Of the four, Paul is so far the only one who rolls the want to be friends with Keith. A game of kicky-bag later, his wish is fulfilled.

No school on Saturday means that the entire family can have breakfast together.

Keith then suggests a trip to Hunter's Park on this first day of beautiful golden autumn sunshine.

He and Parvati enjoy hotdogs...

...while Priya talks to Hannah Hart, one of her many relatives living in New Max (sharing the same Alien grandfather).

Sunday morning is a smiliar picture with everyone having breakfast together.

The rest of the day goes by unremarkably. The kids (Paul here) do various things around the house and garden, but are mainly left to their own devices. Parvati and Keith spend time together. 

It was good that unlike last round, this week Parvati aged normally like everybody else - and the best thing was for her to finally find a 3-bolt-man who was not taken! 

Her whirlwind romance resulted in another new citizen for New Maximiliania who normally would not be eligible. Now Keith needs to find a job in the athletic career and start working towards his lifetime want. 

Parvati has not yet rolled again the wish to get married, but I imagine this will happen sooner or later.

None of the kids has gone to college yet, as even the older two have only just reached the second half of their teenage years. Also, they have not seen their Dad this week; Parvati did not want to ask Cedric over with Keith still being so new in her life and her home.