This is Sunny. As per the challenge rules, she's got the Family aspiration and is nice but sloppy.
And this is Draca! She's a neat and grumpy Romance sim.
As you can see, I decided to make them a plantsim and a vampire for the extra challenge of them having different schedules and activities.
They hated each other so much, Draca was willing to risk her life to fight Sunny outside.
They've got opposite interests, which means Sunny loves sports and Draca does not. Of course, Draca had to watch a match with Sunny, presumably just to cheer for the rival team
And yet... watching the game together actually proved to be an opportunity to have a decent, normal conversation. Progress!
Sunny rolled the want to adopt a puppy. Meet Cuddles!
I imagine Draca wasn't very pleased about this "surprise" at first, but she ended up becoming completely obsessed with Cuddles. I mean, who could resist?
Could a shared pet help them bond? Maybe, maybe not. Animals are not a shared interest!
Draca: I love elephants! I watched a great documentary--
Sunny: Ew, elephants. Do you KNOW how many innocent plants they eat?!
Whenever they had a positive conversation, that progress was often undone by spontaneous poking. And yet. Slowly, in fits and starts, they began to hate each other a little bit less.