I really liked doing the last one, so I wanted to do another. This time I gave an age and what they looked like, along with changing some of the other stuff. The house and births have changed a lot, and if you don't want to you can skip the house thing.
I might be the only one who does this, but I think it'd be fun.
It's REALLY, REALLY LLLOOONNNGGG
Please don't read ahead! It's more surprising.
Name: Michael Marcus MacDonald "Mike"
Age: 27
Job: Orthodontist
Bio: Mike loves kids, and he was that weird kid who didn't mind the dentist growing up... until he got braces, and then he felt like a dork. Now, he's an
orthodontist himself and wants kids to feel as comfortable as possible with their braces. He has dark hair and brown eyes.
Name: Billy-Bob Dirtpusher St. John
Age: 25
Job: Farmer
Bio: Billy-Bob came from a big, southern family with seven siblings (including Maggie-Rae from last time). He loves football, farming and meeting people. He loves to laugh, too. He has dirty blond hair, blue eyes, a tan, and some pretty good muscles (think handsome cowboy guy, despite the name).
Name: Jeremy Ralph Warnhouser
Age: 23
Job: Jeweler
Bio: Jeremy owns "Jeremy's Jewelers" a nice jewelry shop that makes some good money. He loves his job and would even like to maybe design jewelry, too. He has blonde hair, brown eyes and lots and lots of freckles.
Name: Dominic Albert Samson
Age: 24
Job: Paralegal
Bio: Dominic really wants to be a partner in a big law firm, maybe even his own law firm. He's a great lawyer, very convincing and always has his facts straight. He has dark brown hair and deep blue eyes.
Name: Friðþjófr Hróðvaldr Æðelwine Þórleikr Andraž "Fritz"
Age: 22
Job: Cab driver
Bio: Fritz is a nice, but quiet man who's always afraid of offending someone. He has curly brown hair and green eyes. Very few people can pronounce his name. He loves babies and has always wanted a family of his own. He loves reading and forgein language. He's also that cab driver who drives so you think you're going to die, but is actually really careful.
Name: Neil Derick Smith
Age: 26
Job: Postal Mail Carrier
Bio: Neil is a very organized man, and that's why he loves the postal service. He has mild OCD. His hair is blonde and curly and he has pale blue-gray eyes, he is very friendly and well-liked.
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Name: Christine Isabelle Langdon
Age: 24
Job: Computer Engineer
Bio: Christine is a computer geek. She has wavy honey-blonde hair and wears glasses over her green eyes. She loves computers, and loves engineering things for them, and she's good at it. She just got out of school but already has a good job that pays well, too. She's a bit of a science geek, too.
Name: Regina Elsa Evangelos "Gina"
Age: 22
Job: Bartender, but studing to be a business woman
Bio: Gina is a pretty young college student with curly black hair and blue eyes who's going to earn her major in about a year. Until then, she's bartending to earn some extra cash and help pay for school. She's very studious, but also loves to hang out with friends, go shopping and read.
Name: Quincy Vision Jonkers
Age: 21
Job: Pop star hopeful
Bio: Quincy has always wanted to be a pop star, and she's a good singer, too. She's a bit cooky, always dying her short hair a new, fun color, and she's really funny. She loves to be on stage, but has only gotten small gigs at coffeeshops and stuff.
Name: Rebecca Annette Rogier
Age: 23
Job: Registered Nurse
Bio: Rebecca is a nurse, but would love to go to school to be a doctor. She is currently pregnant, though, but plans to go back to school afterwards. She has shoulder length brown hair, brown eyes and freckles.
Name: Tanya Jordan Ibbott
Age: 22
Job: Florist
Bio: Tanya loves flowers, and has opened her own shop. She may want to get a higher-paying job later, but for now she loves her job. Ever since she was a little girl, she's loved flowers. Plus, she loves people and hearing stories by people who come to her shop. She has black hair, brown eyes, and dark skin.
Name: Heidi Alexis Wagner
Age: 25
Job: Cop
Bio: Heidi has always been very protective of her three younger siblings, and decided to become a cop when she was only twenty-one. She's fearless and loud, always talking. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes.
THE WEDDING
Talk about:
---How they met
---The proposal
---The dress
---The location
---The honeymoon location
THE HOUSE
So, this is much different this time. Instead of preferences, each person has a budget. You add the budgets together and then see what they can buy, then choose the best house. The money may or may not be realistic, I'm just picking, I really don't know how much each job makes, they're cheap or borrowing or whatever if it's wrong.
Mike - $300K
Billy-Bob - $150K
Jeremy - $200K
Dominic - $250K
Fritz - $75K
Neil - $100K
Christine - $250K
Gina - $100K
Quincy - $75K
Rebecca - $300K
Tanya - $150K
Heidi - $200K
So, Jeremy and Tanya, for example, could have any house $350K and under.These are the types of houses/apartments available and their price:
$50K - Super cheap 1 bedroom apartment
$75K - Nice 1 bedroom apartment
$100K - Nice 2 bedroom apartment
$125K - Nice 3 bedroom apartment
$150K - Small 2 bedroom condo
$175K - Small 3 bedroom condo
$200K - Large 2 bedroom condo
$225K - Large 3 bedroom condo
$250K - Two level, 2 bedroom loft
$275K - Two level, 3 bedroom loft
$300K - Nice 3 bedroom split-level
$325K - Nice 4 bedroom split-level
$350K - Nice 3 bedroom split-level with pool
$375K - Nice 4 bedroom split-level with pool
$400K - Small 2 bedroom house
$425K - Small 3 bedroom house
$450K - Medium 2 bedroom house
$475K - Medium 3 bedroom house
$500K - Medium 4 bedroom house
$525K - Large 3 bedroom house
$550K - Large 4 bedroom house
$575K - Huge 5 bedroom house with pool
$600K - Huge 7 bedroom house with pool
for all houses $400K - $550, a pool is an extra $50K
OR
They can move into one spouses house. (Most do not have this option) This still costs money.
Mike - Large 2 bedroom studio apartment - $250K
Billy-Bob - small farmhouse (3 bedrooms) - $200K
Christine - Old beach house - $300K for restoration
Rebecca - Two level, one bedroom loft - $225K
Heidi - Large 2 bedroom studio apartment - $200K
Subtract the cost from the budget
If you have $75K or less remaining, one spouse either gets a second job or promotion. What is it?
HAVING KIDS
Roll the die for number of births:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/twelve.htm Reroll if you think they'd have more or less kids. If you have Rebecca, add 1 to your dice roll for the one she's pregnant with.
Then roll this die (
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/six.htm) for each birth. Then see below for gender (and if it's multiples) and further below for each spouse's preferences.
If you rolled two for births, for example, then get twins the first time, you still roll again. It's number of births, not children. I wanted to make that clear.
Births 1 4 7 & 10
Go to the number you rolled.
1. They have a boy! DH picks FN, DW picks MN.
2. They have a girl! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
3. They have a boy! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
4. They have a girl! DH picks FN, DW picks MN.
5. They have fraternal twins!
----------Christina has one of each! She names the boy, DH names the girl.
----------Gina has girls! Each parent names one.
----------Quincy has one of each! She names the girl, DH names the boy.
----------Rebecca has boys! She picks both FNs, DH picks both MNs.
----------Tanya has girls! She picks one's FN and DH picks MN, and DH picks other one's FN and she picks MN.
----------Heidi has boys! Each parent names one.
6. They have a boy! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
Births 2 5 8 & 11
1. They have a girl! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
2. They have a boy! DH picks FN, DW picks MN.
3. They have a girl! DW picks both names.
4. They have a boy! DH picks both names.
5. They have twins!
----------Mike has fraternal boys! Each parent names one.
----------Billy-Bob has fraternal girls! Each parent names one.
----------Jeremy has identical girls! Each parent names one.
----------Dominic has one of each! He names boy, DW names girl.
----------Fritz has one of each! He names girl, DW names boy.
----------Neil has identical boys! Each parent names one.
6. They have triplets! For each child, one parent picks the FN and the other picks the MN.
----------Christina has two boys and a girl!
----------Gina has two boys and a girl!
----------Quincy has two girls and a boy!
----------Rebecca has all boys!
----------Tanya has all girls!
----------Heidi has two boys and a girl!
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----------Mike has the same gender kids be identical!
----------Billy-Bob has the same gender kids be fraternal!
----------Jeremy has the same gender kids be fraternal!
----------Dominic has the same gender kids be fraternal!
----------Fritz has the same gender kids be identical!
----------Neil has the same gender kids be identical!
For example, Neil and Quincy would have identical girls and a boy
Births 3 6 9 & 12
1. They have a boy! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
2. They have a girl! DH picks FN, DW picks MN.
3. They have a boy! DH picks FN, DW picks MN.
4. They have a girl! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
5. They have identical twins or one of each!
----------Christina has girls! Each parent names one.
----------Gina has girls! She picks one's FN and DH picks MN, and DH picks other one's FN and she picks MN.
----------Quincy has boys! She picks both FNs, DH picks both MNs.
----------Rebecca has boys! Each parent names one.
----------Tanya has one of each! She names the girl, DH names the boy.
----------Heidi has one of each! She names the boy, DH names the girl.
6. They have a girl! DW picks FN, DH picks MN.
Names
Mike
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/262/Classic-Boys-NamesGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/354/Perennially-Popular-Girls-Names (including Leslie)
Billy-Bob
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/246/Colonial-Names-for-BoysGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/23/High-Energy-Names (only names in pink) or
http://nameberry.com/list/111/Tree-Names (including names in blue)
Jeremy
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/192/Clunky-but-Cool-Names-for-BoysGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/414/Jewel-Names
Dominic (use either list for either gender)
http://nameberry.com/list/403/Cool-Vintage-Nameshttp://nameberry.com/list/6/Names-with-No-Nicknames
Fritz
Boys: Scandavian Names
Girls: Scandavian Names
Neil
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/235/Author-NamesGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/74/Girls-Names-Moving-Up-Fast or
http://nameberry.com/list/28/Clunky-but-Cool-Names-for-Girls
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Christine
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/135/Geeks-ForeverGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/227/Video-Game-Names-for-Girls
Gina
Boys: Names that were originally nicknames
Girls: Italian names
Quincy (use either list for either gender)
http://nameberry.com/list/363/Crazy-Celebrity-Baby-Nameshttp://nameberry.com/list/234/Rocker-and-Rapper-Kids-Names
Rebecca
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/321/Prince-NamesGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/264/Hipster-Baby-Names
Tanya
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/106/Relaxed-Names-For-BoysGirls:
http://nameberry.com/list/97/Flower-Names-for-Girls
Heidi
Boys:
http://nameberry.com/list/173/Boys-Names-Dads-Like-More-Than-Moms (including Tony and Vincent)
Girls:
http://nameberry.com/list/96/Girls-Names-That-Mean-Brave-or-Powerful
Also...
For the third birth and every fourth birth after that, one spouse either gets another job along with any they already have OR gets promoted OR does some other thing that gets them a lot of money.
Getting a bigger house
For every promotion, add $50K to the budget and for every new job, add $100K.
They can sell their house for the same price they bought it and buy a new one.
So if their budget was $400K and they got one new job and one promotion, they can buy a house up to $550K
Have fun!!!
This message was edited 2/13/2012, 4:15 PM