DICE: https://www.random.org/dice/
PART ONE: https://nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/189362-1960-70-s-Life-Game-(PART-ONE)
PART TWO: https://nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/189363-1960-70-s-Life-Game-(PART-TWO)
It is now 1966. You rename yourself (13) and spend the next four years travelling across [name_u]America[/name_u] with (HIPPIE [name_m]FRIEND[/name_m]) and other hippies, eventually returning to [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] to settle in a commune. Your experiences transform you as a person. However, you miss your family and decide that you’ve had enough of the hippie lifestyle. After a few months living in a commune, you move on.
You go back to (HOMETOWN). (SIBLING) is now married and has a one year old child. You are shocked to discover that (SIBLING) has also been raising ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2), who is now five years old. (SIBLING) tells you that (HUSBAND) called him/her to ask him/her to take ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2) as soon as you left him, and he has not been back to visit. You feel extremely guilty for abandoning your child. It takes a few weeks to gain ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2)'s trust before you can take him/her back into your care.
You decide to file to divorce (HUSBAND). Meanwhile, all of your old friends from home are happily married. You run into (BOYFRIEND 1) while you are in town and are reminded of how he betrayed you. Now 26 years old, you wonder if you will ever find true love. You go back to [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] with ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2) and decide to train to be a (14) so you can support him/her.
b[/b] To form your hippie name, combine two names, one from each of these lists:
https://nameberry.com/list/373/Virtue-Names
https://nameberry.com/list/467/Inspirational-Baby-Names
b[/b] [name_m]ROLL[/name_m] to find your occupation:
1 OR 2: nanny
3 OR 4: teacher
5 OR 6: nurse
A year later, you are picking ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2) up from school and get talking to a handsome man with freckles, (15). He’s your age and tells you that he has (15) children. He works as a (15). You begin to like ([name_m]MAN[/name_m]'S NAME) and talk to him every time you pick up ([name_u]BABY[/name_u] 2). However, you presume that he is married. You are surprised to learn that, like you, he is recently divorced. He asks you out one day and you quickly fall in love.
Six months later, you and (BOYFRIEND) marry in a small ceremony in his home state of (15). You decide to buy a big house there to live in with all of your children. Your husband shares custody of his kids with his ex-wife who lives nearby. You buy a (16) as a pet and name it (16).
b[/b] [name_m]ROLL[/name_m] for new husband’s APPEARANCE, NUMBER OF KIDS, OCCUPATION and HOME STATE
If you rolled even, he has brown eyes (hair your choice)
If you rolled odd, he has blond hair (eyes your choice)
If you rolled even, he has three children (all the opposite sex to your child)
If you rolled odd, he has two children (all the opposite sex to your child)
[name_m]ROLL[/name_m] to find each child’s age
Choose his children’s first and middle names from this list:
http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/united-states-decade/1960/100
[name_m]ROLL[/name_m] again for husband’s occupation
1 OR 2: firefighter
3 OR 4: veterinarian
5 OR 6: engineer
[name_m]ROLL[/name_m] again to find home state
1: Nebraska
2: [name_u]Texas[/name_u]
3: South [name_u]Dakota[/name_u]
4: [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
5: Ohio
Choose his first and middle name from this list:
https://nameberry.com/list/218/Yupster-Baby-Names-for-Boys
For surname, choose from THIS list:
http://surnames.behindthename.com/names/usage/american
b[/b] [name_m]ROLL[/name_m] to find [name_f]PET[/name_f] and NAME
If you rolled even, you get a dog (breed your choice)
If you rolled odd, you get a cat (breed your choice)
Choose name from here:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/petnamespot.html
(you can list your family’s names and ages here)
The year is now 1973. You are 28 years old and you have been living in (STATE) for a year. Now surrounded by children, you can’t stop thinking about your first child that you gave up for adoption when you were a teenager. (FIRST [name_u]BABY[/name_u]'S NAME) would now be about 11 years old.
You meet the parents of one of (YOUR CHILD)'s friends. They live in the neighbourhood. They are both almost twice your age and the father is a (YOUR FATHER’S OCCUPATION). They have one 11 year old and a 6 year old child, both adopted. When you meet the 11 year old, it all becomes clear- especially when you learn that his/her name is still (BIRTH NAME). Their other child is a (17) named (17). It’s not easy convince (ADOPTED CHILD)'s parents that you are his/her birth mother but luckily they are understanding. Soon (ADOPTED CHILD) becomes a good friend to your family and you form a special relationship with him/her.
You can’t help but want another baby now that you are truly in the best position to have one. You and (HUSBAND) try for a baby and you fall pregnant almost immediately. Amazingly, it’s twins! Two (18)! They are born in 1974 and you name them (18) and (18).
b[/b] [name_m]ROLL[/name_m] to find GENDER of adopted child’s sibling
If you rolled even, the adopted child’s sibling is the same gender as them
If you rolled odd, the adopted child’s sibling is the opposite gender to them
Choose sibling’s first (and middle, if you want) name from here:
https://nameberry.com/list/484/Literary-Baby-Names
b[/b] [name_m]ROLL[/name_m] for twins’ GENDER
If you roll even, you have twin boys
If you roll odd, you have twin girls
[name_m]ROLL[/name_m] again for NAMES
GIRLS
1 OR 2: First name-
https://nameberry.com/list/452/Southern-Baby-Names
Middle name-
https://nameberry.com/list/414/Jewel-Baby-Names
2 OR 3: First name-
https://nameberry.com/list/417/Girls-Names-With-Gravity
Middle name-
https://nameberry.com/list/102/Short–Strong-Girl-Names-
4 OR 5: First name-
https://nameberry.com/list/381/Mermaid-Baby-Names
Middle name-
https://nameberry.com/list/97/Flower-Names-for-Girls
BOYS
1 OR 2: First name- https://nameberry.com/list/106/Relaxed-Baby-Boy-Names
Middle name- https://nameberry.com/list/120/Irish-Surname-Names
3 OR 4: First name- https://nameberry.com/list/291/If-You-Like-Austin-You-Might-Love
Middle name- https://nameberry.com/list/58/Baby-Names-Headed-for-Harvard
5 OR 6: First name- https://nameberry.com/list/192/Geek-Chic-Names-for-Boys
Middle name- https://nameberry.com/list/267/Presidential-Baby-Names
(list family’s names and ages as of 1974)