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Last we saw Stoffe he had just arrived at University, signing up for a major in economy. He busted butt to get there, putting himself through private school and managing to save up enough to get a luxury dorm room (said apartment last time, got him confused with another household). He wants to make something of himself, show the world that he is worth something even though he grew up in an orphanage with no family. He thinks that means earning a lot of money and being respectable and admired. So next on the list is to graduate with honors, making tons of connections, and earning a whole lot of money. Piece of cake, right?

Stoffe figured it was about time he learned to cook, so he could invite people over for fancy dinners and such. The dorm does have a cafeteria, but winners don't live off of pancakes and mac and cheese so off to learn he went. Not having spent much time on cooking previously, you can imagine the results. Good thing there are fearless firefighters!

Stoffe is not the kind of person that quits though, not over something so minor as a little kitchen fire. Nah back at it until you figure it out! But man oh man what a slob he is. Every time I see him cook it makes me dream of a mod that would force him to clean up the mess he's making.

Having diligently studied the hood's economy during his teen years, Stoffe knew the quickest way to make a fortune is to run a car dealership. At that time car dealerships were only run by the Sernman family (core family of the hood), but Stoffe knew that the son who ran the small downtown branch now had three kids and was planning to sell it. Perfect timing! Stoffe took out a loan, and offered to take over the dealership. Having written some freelance articles for the papers as a teen (Monique's computer) he was already a familiar entity to the Sernman family (dad used to be a media magnet and is well connected in the newspaper industry) so they agreed. Here he is hiring some staff for his new business venture.

One of the lucky ones chosen as employees is a fellow young adult called Vanessa Van Derbirth. She too is an economy major, and Stoffe looks quite pleased to have her. Perhaps it has something to do with her last name suggesting she has noble heritage?

After starting up the business he went for a celebratory drink at the campus bar. Gotta love the tired expression on Rachel the dormies face, maybe she's in med school like me. Been there Rachel!

Still really excited about his progress he decided to check out the campus night life, so from there on he went to a night club where he had some more drinks. Dormie Vida was getting some late dinner, and Stoffe looks to me like he's debating if he should ask her for a dance.

He did end up asking, and she said yes. Nothing like a little clubbing and getting your grove on to celebrate success. But, uh... Stoffe, her face is like a foot or so upwards, stop staring at her chest!

Encouraged by his success in getting girls at the club to dance with him, and the fact that he had several pleasant chats with Vanessa after hours at the business, Stoffe decided to get bold and ask her out to a date.

He looks so nervous with that kind of tentative smile, completely unnoticed by Vanessa who is more focused on reading the menu and thinking of creppes suzette.

Which of course Stoffe ordered for her. I guess all that time spent studying how to read customers may pay off for dating too! (or maybe Stoffe has a benign God to read thought bubbles for him and give him a helping hand. Your choice which you believe in

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Looks like it's going well. The look in her eyes certainly has changed as the date progressed.

After dinner they decided to go to the club and have some fun. (Sidenote: I am annoyingly talented at making name tag pop up on Sims in pictures. Normally don't share pictures like that but I appear to have sucked at taking pictures of Stoffe so not that many to choose from so I decided to let it slide this time.)

A nice dinner, some drinks, steamy dancing... one thing lead to another and before the night was out they ended up kissing on the dance floor. Notice how Stoffe's eyes are open, looking at her, and hers are closed. Very fitting for these two specifically.

After their date, Vanessa dropped by to leave a present as Sims always do. Only she did not go with the traditional flowers. Nah, such gifts are for peasants and cheap people. Classy people leave classy gifts! Like a 4000 simoleon 12th century song dynasty sculpted vase perhaps?

This was one of those flawless moments when the game just rolled with the exact thing I had planned. I saw Vanessa as coming from a fancy family with money and a rich outward appearance, and her giving a ridiculously expensive vase as a gift after a first date fits that image so beautifully. Stuff like that is why I love this game so much.

So if you are Stoffe, what do you do? You dream of joining the "elite" ranks of society, because you think it means you are someone important and worthy, And now you've just gone on a date with what turned out to be a girl from a seemingly rich family of fancy ancestry. You pursue it of course! And that's exactly what Stoffe did. Here they are enjoying the Sims version of netflix and chill, aka hanging out in Stoffe's dorm room getting to know each other.

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