Why do you all hate this? It's not such a bad thing. Sure, it's not that good, but where were all of you guys when romance was confirmed? Where were all of you guys when children were confirmed? You guys should be freaking out about that, not this.
So.... in your opinion, we should be "freaking out" about something that adds options to the game, but accepting something that takes options away from the game?
If nothing else - congratulations on being a part of Beth's target market. Would that more of us were that lucky.....