My first post - the Silver Family

Never done this before, so bear with me.

One of my many Sim familes, the Silver family, has a story right out of a soap opera.  First, Grant and Gertrude are both Senators.  Grant, who felt that his sons (all six of them) should enlist, disowned his fifth son because Michael refused.  Michael changed his name to Smith and became an Exorcist.  The oldest son, Warren, was also disowned after he quit the military and went into law enforcement, becoming a Police Chief.  He married into the Gold family, which extends into several of the other families in Old Town.  The youngest son, Casper, was disowned after he was caught fraternizing with another man and was forced to resign from the military.  Casper moved in with Michael and his family, and his boyfriend soon followed.  Now Casper and his partner are Rock Stars.

Of the other three sons, Lionel and Harrison, the second and fourth, carried on their own secret relationship under their father's nose.  Meanwhile, third son Jason used the military as a cover and instead became a Smuggler.  His wife, Wanda, gave him two girls, Kendra and Irene.  Harrison later became a Theorist, albeit with his father's approval.  At the time, though, Grant was carrying on an affair with a National News Anchor, Gayle Steele, and soon left the family to be with her.  Shortly thereafter, Harrison caught Lionel fooling around with a woman named Michelle.  Hurt and upset, he moved out, finding solace with Stanford Talbot, whose younger brother Ned happened to be Harrison's youngest brother Casper's boyfriend.  Now Harrison lives with Stanford and his family.

With Grant gone and her family fractured by broken dreams, Gertrude decided there was no reason to force Lionel and Jason to remain in the military if they didn't want to.   Jason ostensibly remained, to maintain his cover for his true profession.  Lionel, however, left the military to pursue his own dream, that of becoming a Rock Star.  His new wife, Michelle, has established herself as a Celebrity Chef, and Wanda--tired of her criminal lifestyle with Jason--switched to the sciences and plans to be a Theorist someday.

With their father out of the picture, Michael, Casper, and Warren are willing to reconcile with their family.  However, none of the six sons has any intention of forgiving their father.  They have no problem with his new wife, however, since they know that she might someday be the mother of their half-brother or half-sister.  Recently, Gertrude has begun seeing a young man--younger than her two oldest sons--who belongs to another local family.  Whether they get married or not remains to be seen.

So, a soap opera, yes?  Believe me, all the rest of my families have their own convoluted stories!