Venice, my darling Pleasure sim, goes Downtown. She has the 50 first dates LTW, and rolls the want to ask a couple of townies on dates. To my surprise, one of them, despite both hardly knowing my sim and being very much straight, accepts.

Venice: Dude, if you’re not into ladies, why did you even say yes?

Townie: I was hungry. Thanks for dinner, BTW.

Venice: Eh… don’t mention it. Believe it or not, this isn’t even the worst random date I’ve ever been on.

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They order food and some jerk immediately grabs Venice’s food and runs off with it.

Jerk: I’ll just take this off your hands.

Venice: Excuse me? Are you seriously stealing my hamburger?

Jerk: Mm-hmm. Also, I’m going to let you take a whiff of it beforehand, so you’ll know perfectly well what you’ll be missing out on. Here, sniff it. Sniff it as I stare at that incredibly hot redhead that’s just passing by.

Venice: …You’re right, she is pretty hot.

You know, sometimes I think I got engaged to Bluebeard.

Huh?

Oh, come on. Mysterious rich man that forbids his significant other from entering a very specific room in his house?

Yes, I’m an ugly murderous widower. How’d you guess?

Seriously, though, why...

We’ve been through this. I’m an artist. I need privacy so I can concentrate.

All right, I get that, but what about when you’re not working?

Look, I’m not that good a painter. I may have a vision, but I don’t have the skill and experience to match. My paintings take a lot of work. If people saw them before they were finished, they’d notice every flaw, every mistake I make along the way. I’m already nervous about exhibiting them when they’re done. Please, don’t pressure me about this.

OK, OK, forget I brought it up. 

Aaaand then she walked away with the bag glued to her right thigh.

Sparrow: The trick is to be inconspicuous. See, if they see you holding the bag in your hand, they’ll know it was you.

You’d be more inconspicuous if you wouldn’t leave a card saying the gift was from you, but what do I know?