I'm so happy you guys want to hear more! Let's continue with our story, this time focusing on Siri Kim In my style of play I like to expand on what the game gives us, interpreting and playing the characters as more evolved personalities than the game itself gives us. Over the years I have found that the game has an almost magical ability to pick up on how you view a Sim, and have them act accordingly. But sometimes they fight you, and Tom is one of those characters for me.

Chapter 1 - Siri Kim & the Sjöströms
The Sjöströms have a very traditional form of marriage. Sigrid does all the cleaning and cooking, and feels the most responsible for the everyday care of Siri. She is very maternal, and has a lot of love to give. Before they were given Siri, she bought a hamster so that she would have a creature to shower with love when Tom was at work or busy. She makes sure there is always food to eat, and she keeps the house very neat and homely.

Tom in turn maintains the garden, and sees himself as the family provider. He doesn't know how to cook or clean, he handles the finances and makes the big decisions for the family. He likes to quietly watch the news or read the newspaper as Sigrid goes about her day, or work on his collection of junk cars out in the yard. He loves Sigrid's cooking and will happily gobble up anything she puts on the table. He cares deeply about his wife, and despite his traditional views of the role of a man and woman in the house, he can't quite help himself from sneaking off to attempt to clean the toilet or shower whenever he notices that Sigrid is tired or overworked. He's no good at saying the words, but he loves her dearly.

Tom also has a very sweet bond with his daughter, he's always so proud of his little girl. Because Siri grew up with two parents on the brink of elder-hood and no siblings she became a bit of a old-for-her-age kid. She never had much interest in making friends with kids her own age, and prefers to to just hang out at home with her parents.



Tom wants the very best for his daughter, he wants her to be something one day. He's worked tough jobs his whole life, and he does not want that kind of menial low paying labor job for his baby girl. He's no academic himself, he's more of a hands on tinkering type. He's very good with engines, his employers wanted to promote him to airplane mechanic but his love of cars made him turn down that opportunity to stay where he was. He would like his daughter to pursue something academic, and he knows she has the brains to so. Fortunately, she finds science fascinating and she loves to learn.



Now that Sigrid is an elder, she made the decision to retire from her job as a marine biologist. Once they had Siri, she sort of lost her passion fo rit. She always felt like she was abandoning her child when she got up at the crack of dawn to go to work, leaving before Siri even woke up. Often missing breakfast, unable to see her off to school. Even though she was there two days a week, to Sigrid it felt like every day was the day she missed out. Even though she'd always be there to welcome her home after school, with a snack or a hug, she felt she was not giving her daughter enough time. She wanted to be there all day every day, and retirement means she can.



And so time passed. Siri, although now a teen, still preferred coming straight home after school to spend time with her parents. These days they can't quite keep up and often need an afternoon nap, but Siri doesn't mind. She knows how to keep herself entertained on her own.


That's it for today. Hope you all enjoyed it, if you made it this far :lovestruc

If anyone wonders why I write Siri Kim and not Siri Sjöström, it's because her parents see giving birth as something miraculous. They could hardly believe they were so lucky as to get this child that someone else brought into the world. So when they adopted her, they decided to leave her name as it was as homage to her heritage and her birth parents. They decided it was up to her to choose, once she was older, if she wanted to take their name or remain Siri Kim. Sometime after they gave her the telescope, she asked them if she could be called Kim-Sjöström. Needless to say her parents were very touched, and happily obliged. So now she's Siri Kim-Sjöström, but when this episode began she was still known as Siri Kim

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Continue the story in chapter 2