A Midlife crisis is an event that occurs in The Sims 3: Generations, triggered when a Young adult Sim transitions to an Adult Sim, and is shown by a moodlet which lasts 7 days. This event doesn't affect every Sim that becomes an adult.

Before a midlife crisisEdit

There are a few ways to calculate if your Sim will experience a midlife crisis. The first (and somewhat easier) option is through a tuning mod. The second way is a point system, listed below.

Point systemEdit

This point system determines whether or not your Sim will experience a Midlife crisis. If your Sim experiences enough of these following events for the combined points to equal 1, he or she will experience a Midlife crisis.

• Low career level or unemployment adds 0.2 points
• Getting married early adds 0.1 points
• Never getting married adds 0.1 points
• Having children early adds 0.1 points
• Having skills at level 1 adds 0.1 points
• If the Sim never moved houses, it adds 0.1 points
• For every breakup, 0.05 points are added
• For every divorce, 0.1 points are added
• For every death experienced, 0.2 points are added
• Having a relationship below the midline (in the red) adds 0.2 points
• Having the Ambitious or Commitment Issues traits each add 0.1 points

'Early' means at the beginning of the young adult life stage. Any time after that and the amount of points added are less.

During a midlife crisisEdit

The moodletsEdit

These are the moodlets that a Sim will experience when going through a Midlife crisis:

Image	Moodlet Name	Mood Effect	Time Period	From	Game Dialog/Description
	Having A Midlife Crisis	No Mood Effect	7 Days	Transition from Young Adult to Adult	A midlife crisis? No... this can't be! Why, it seemed like just last week that (Sim Name) was still getting a student discount at the movies on his/her looks alone. If you fight to recapture your youth, you can still cling to it, right?? He/She has completed X midlife crisis wishes.
	Having A Midlife Crisis	-20	7 Days	Having a Midlife Crisis Wish awaiting fulfillment	The weight of responsibility is heavy on your shoulders. It's time to pull yourself away from checking for wrinkles in the mirror and do something about it. Your youth is out there, you just have to keep living it, right? Then why do you feel like you're right on the edge of a nervous breakdown! (Sim Name) has completed X midlife crisis wishes.
	Feeling Alive!	+20	1 Hour	Riding a Motorcycle/§50,000+ Car During Midlife Crisis.	Aww yeah... check out this RIDE! Is it sick or what? That's what the kids are saying these days, right? Sick? Whatever... pedal to the metal baby!

Midlife crisis wishesEdit

Once or twice a day, Sims will get a midlife crisis wish. The wishes look the same as regular wishes, but they have a red starburst background. Players may or may not promise these wishes. Be wary that once the players promise a midlife crisis wish to the Sims, it cannot be cancelled, and will disappear after the midlife crisis is over. Moreover, when a midlife crisis wish has been promised, the midlife crisis moodlet will turn negative until the wish is fulfilled. Wishes may vary from extreme to basic, but some will include getting a divorce, quitting work or moving house.

Having more than one midlife crisis wish promised at the same time does not decrease the negative mood effect of the moodlet.

Post-midlife crisisEdit

Once Sim's Midlife crisis is over, they will get a moodlet depending on how many wishes were fulfilled.

Image	Moodlet Name	Mood Effect	Time Period	From	Game Dialog/Description	Lifetime Happiness Points Gained
	Barely Fulfilled	+10	10 Days	Fulfilling 1 Midlife Crisis Wish.	The past is the past and there's no going back, but that's not to say you got nothing done.	250
	Pleasantly Fulfilled	+20	10 Days	Fulfilling 3 Midlife Crisis Wishes.	(Sim Name)'s feeling large and in charge! She may be headed into the latter half of life, but she can always look back on her youth with a smile.	750
	Supremely Fulfilled	+30	10 Days	Fulfilling 6 Midlife Crisis Wishes.	40 is the new 20! Midlife crisis? Hah... Regrets are for those who haven't lived their life to the fullest, and you've got your best years ahead of you now!	1250

Avoiding Midlife CrisisEdit

There are currently two known ways to avoid experiencing a Midlife crisis.

• Make sure the Sim has less than 1 point from the point system.
• Sims can also go to the hospital to "Get Therapy" to cure the crisis. The payment in order to be cured is §2,000.