Jon lesson, is a premade sim, he would most likely have certain personality characteristics "built in" to make him a specific challenge, different premade sims would have different challenges.
Maybe this is the way they designed Jon Lesson to react. making this sim require a certain type of game-play to "win over".

Personally I don't play the romantic traits, I like the more self centered Sims.
My friend has a similar situation with a "hopeless romantic" sim, he also autonomously flirts outrageously.
I can only think that the combination of the hopeless romantic and charismatic traits lead to this behaviour.
it might be that some "life" choices are determined at an early stage and set into the AI for the life of the sim.

If this is true then no matter how many times you restart the scenario it will most likely play out in a similar way.

Maybe this isn't a bug and just how the game plays out.

ETA: Afterthought,  My friends Sim is married with a family and this still it hasn't changed his core behaviour.

Thanks for clearing that up Mootilda,
This really is broken isn't it?

Dammit, I've already saved the hood after I moved the lot.
I wont be making that "mistake" again.
Fortunately I have only one family in that hood so I think I'll move them out and move them into another, unbroken hood.

Look EA I know you guys find picking your noses and drooling on your desks less taxing than trying to do your jobs, but hey, give it a try, you never know you might learn something.

Disc version, retail, XP SP3,

No Pace.

I first tried the Reloaded version which had DRM removed, then the Razor version and now the retail.
I reinstalled with every new version and nothing found.


Edit, typo

I have just used "Move lot" in "Edit Town" to move the Wolff household/lot to the suburbs as I want to build on the site.
Am I correct in thinking that the Beautiful Vista "hidden object" will have gone with that lot and will return if I move it back?

If so, then i assume my only option will be to play the Wollf family, move them out, knock the house down manually, THEN build.

OMG what a ridiculously retarded way of doing things, Blows claxon at EA team, WAKEY, WAKEY, you have work to do...