The Bug That Destroyed My Save

So before I fully explain everything, I really feel like I should explain my process of things. When I decided to make Lyra, I decided to start out with her two parents. I'd be on each parent for a season to just build them up and gather resources I can use on Lyra and future generations. 

The first season was all about Avery. At some point between when Avery left work and got home, she got the Creative Impulse ailment. She may have even gotten it at work and I didn't notice until she got home. I digress. I immediately created the cure on the apothecary table. That should have been the end of it. Right? Wrong. She immediately held her stomach and thought of the toilet like she was uncomfortable or had a low bladder need. Neither were the case. 

This became a thing she did at random from that point on. It made me want to delete the save and start over, but I didn't. I thought I'd be on Lyra soon and I'd be able to just disregard it. Wrong again. 

Fast forward to the next season. I'm on Ella now. One day, I'm out shopping on her and a fairy absorbed her emotions. Twice. Back to back. Suddenly, she had the SAME problem that Avery had. I panicked and left without saving which backtracked me to before that. But that time, Avery kissed her on the cheek and it happened again. I backtracked again. 

Upon realizing that this whole thing could have been avoided had I done that with Avery to begin with, I had an idea. I'd delete the current Avery and put an older version of her in her place. Sounds complicated. I know. It's really not.

I thought everything was good after that point. I didn't see the bug on Avery again. I THOUGHT I glimpsed it on Ella a few times, but I couldn't be sure so I didn't think of it. It wasn't until Avery was pregnant with Lyra that I saw it for sure. 

I moved her out thinking that would be enough. Because clearly this bug was contagious somehow! Lyra was born and had a wonderful childhood. It wasn't until she hit teenager that I realized that she, too, had been afflicted. I realized that I needed to do what I should have done from the start of all of this. I needed to start over. 

So that's where I'm at now.