Siblings Interview Tag: Zaid, Farrah, Farid and Khalid Al Farsi (Jasmeen is a bit young for this)
I was tagged by @treason-and-plot several centuries ago! Thank you so much, lovely! My subjects are left to right - Farrah, Farid, Zaid and Khalid. I would like to tag @titosims, @ninjaofthepurplethings, @buckleysims, @anotherplumbob, @mysimsloveaffair, @simsmidgen and anyone who wants to do this! Questions and Answers under the cut.
1. Which one of you is the older sibling?
Zaid: I am, by just over two years.
2. What do you like about your sibling?
Zaid: Farrah speaks her mind and stands up for herself, Farid smart, but doesn’t have a massive head about it and Khalid makes me laugh.
Farrah: To be fair, Khalid makes all of us laugh...sometimes at him.
Khalid: I heard that!
Farrah: You were meant to. Zaid looks out for us all, which is great as I was a mess...
Khalid: Were?
Farrah: Oh haha...Farid makes me think about what I’m about to do...
Farid: Sometimes...
Farrah: What is this abuse? ...and he has managed to save me from doing a few stupid things and Khalid is a shit. Okay, I like that he might not be smart, but he knows what he wants and well...not many people do.
Farid: Zaid really looks out for me, he’s probably my best friend...
Farrah: I’m your twin you gobshite!
Farid: Farrah is my evil twin. She’s confident and determined and Khalid is a lot smarter than he thinks he is. He’s growing up to be a really decent guy.
Khalid: What they all said. I like Zaid for becoming a doctor so that the rest of us don’t have to. Farrah is great because she doesn’t judge when I screw up...
Farrah: No, I just laugh at you and take photos.
Khalid: True, you’re a total bitch, but that’s not always a bad thing. I was really shitty to Farid when you know...and he could’ve been an arse about it, but he wasn’t. He’s got balls for just being himself.
Farrah: He’s neck deep in them, Khal!
Khalid: Nooo!
3. What annoys you about your sibling?
Zaid: Nothing major.
Farrah: Saint Zaid!
Zaid: Farrah talks over me and Khalid has way too much energy. Farid and I used to put headphones on and lock them out. Farid doesn’t annoy me, but he could be more confident in himself.
Farrah: Zaid is just too perfect, What Zaid said about Farid and Khalid...how long have you got?
Farid: Zaid doesn’t really annoy me, but he needs to put himself first sometimes. As for the other two..well I think that Zaid summed it up pretty well.
Khalid: It pisses me off that they’re all so smart...even Farrah. When she wasn’t sneaking boys up to her room, she would get good grades. I wish that Zaid would lighten up and smile more. No one died.
Zaid: I work in a hospital, lots of people die.
Khalid: SEE?
Farrah: I wish that Khal would stop calling himself stupid. That’s my job.
4. Describe your sibling(s) with three adjectives.
Zaid:
Farrah is headstrong, determined and a risk-taker
Farid is smart, self-conscious and kind
Khalid is active, confident and loud
Farrah:
Zaid is intelligent, reliable and...boring
Zaid: Thanks!
Farrah:
Farid is quiet, book-smart and a nervous-wreck
Khalid is hyper, loud and dense.
Farid: Skating over that...
Zaid is intelligent, considerate and a good friend
Farrah is brash, caring...
Farrah: Whaaaat??
Farid:...and independent
Khalid is athletic, determined and positive
Khalid:
Zaid is reliable, smart and...well you can trust him.
Farid: Trustworthy, Khalid.
Khalid: Yeah, that.
Farrah is outspoken, stubborn and well...a bit of a bitch.
Farrah: True.
Khalid:
Farid is helpful, shy and forgiving.
5. What is your sibling’s/siblings’ biggest talent(s)?
Zaid: Farrah is an amazing hairstylist and she has a way of putting outfits together that no one else could do...all with two inch nails.
Farrah: Aw you’re so nice! I feel bad for calling you boring!
Zaid: Farid has a way with numbers and I haven’t once seen him pick up a calculator. He can also wipe the floor with all of us when it comes to video games and Khalid can destroy anyone at most sports...apart from snowboarding.
Farrah: Zaid can shoot juice out of his nose...but he also has one of those crazy photographic memories...he’s such a smartarse. Farid can get away with way more than the rest of us because he looks so innocent. He also finished all of our new videogames by the end of the Snowflake Day holidays. I don’t know how! Khalid can burp the alphabet, which is amazing as he can’t spell...I was once forced against my will to go to one of his football matches and he’s a great player.
Farid: Zaid can pick up most books and finish them on that day or within a couple of days. I would get distracted! Farrah was able to sneak boys into her room, past our dad. If you know him, that’s an amazing talent.
Farrah: I did offer to sneak you one too...
Farid: She did. She’s also an amazing stylist and can fix all sorts of hair disasters.
Khalid: Like when I turned your hair blue?
Farrah: You’re a little shit, but I owned that blue hair.
Farid: Khalid is an amazing football player.
Khalid: So Zaid is really smart, like Farid said, he can read a book in a day or two! I can hardly...well I don’t really like reading much. Farrah can drink grown men under the table, it’s crazy! She doesn’t even get hangovers most of the time and Farid can count in his head...well he can multiply and stuff too...I don’t know the names of it all.
6. What is your sibling(s) really bad at?
Zaid: Farrah can’t admit when she’s wrong! She just can’t.
Farrah: I’m never wrong.
Zaid: What about the time when...
Farrah: Shut up.
Zaid: Farid is bad at making decisions. He needs more self belief and Khalid is bad at spelling and maths...sorry, Khal!
Farrah: Zaid is bad at making jokes. I mean he tries, but he’s not really that funny. Farid is bad at speaking up, so I used to speak up for him whether he wanted me to or not.
Farid: You used to say “Farid wants...” to get stuff for yourself.
Farrah: A small price for my services. Khalid can’t spell or count for shit.
Farid: Zaid is bad at putting himself first and he’s...I mean we laugh sometimes, but his jokes are a bit...stale.
Zaid: Thanks...
Farid: Sorry! Farrah is bad at letting things go, whether it’s a grudge or a joke and Khalid is bad at reading situations and expressions.
Khalid: Zaid just isn’t funny, Farrah is bad at...well she can’t say things in a nice way.
Farid: She’s as subtle as a brick.
Khalid: Yeah...and Farid is bad at controlling his emotions. He was bawling at something on Jaime’s Drag Race last week.
7. Do you have nicknames for each other?
Farrah: Not really. Khalid is sometimes Khal though.
8. What’s one thing you can do that your sibling(s) can’t?
Zaid: Prescribe medication.
Farrah: So serious! I can cause an all out war on M*msnet with a few choice words.
Farid: Complete Lubo the Llama 3.
Khalid: Only because you hogged it. I can play football without tripping or breaking anything.
9. Did you get along when you were younger?
Zaid: Farid and I have always been really close. Farrah too, but she got really into fashion and we just...weren’t, so she made other friends a lot faster.
Farrah: Sometimes they’d lock me out of their room.
Farid: You were so loud and you’d ask so many questions and try to style us and dress us up!
Farrah: You loved it!
Farid:...
Zaid: Khalid came along and Farrah hated it! She tried to sell him to our next door neighbour. She dropped him too, but luckily it was only on the sofa.
Farrah: I tried my hardest. Khal and I would fight all the time, right up until I moved out, but I wouldn’t let anyone else mess with him.
Zaid: Farid and I got on fine with him. Farid would always help him with his homework...they fell out for a bit, but it’s fine now.
Khalid: I was a bit of a dick.
Farid: It’s fine...we all get on now.
11. Are you closer now or when you were younger?
Zaid: We’re much closer now, but we’ve always been close.
Farid: Definitely. Living in different houses is great.
12. Did you compete with each other?
Zaid: No, we all wanted different things.
Farrah: Khalid and I would compete for attention. I went from being the only girl to being in the middle when Khalid came along.
Khalid: Yeah, she was evil.
13. Which one of you is more likely to turn out like your mum or dad?
Zaid, Farid and Khalid: Farrah!
Farrah: True...
Zaid: Farrah is just Mum but younger, it’s scary!
Khalid: Zaid is kind of like Dad though.
Farrah: He is, but let’s be fair, even Zaid has more humour than dad!
14. Which one is most likely to have a big family?
Farid: Farrah.
Farrah: What? Zaid has triplets and he’s adopting Lucie! I have Hadi.
Farid: Come on, you have Hadi, Harry’s younger brother and sister still live with you...Lloyd and Jelena and you’ve got guardianship of Benny. You’re like Susan Kennedy with fashion sense.
Farrah: I’m glad you added that last bit.
Khalid: I could have lots of children that no one knows about.
Farrah: You can’t get your pillow or your socks pregnant, Khal. Sorry!
15. What is one thing about your sibling(s) that has changed as you’ve gotten older?
Zaid: Farrah has become more responsible and it’s pretty scary! None of us would have guessed that she’d be a mum with a full house.
Farid: Yeah, that was a shocker! Khalid has become a lot more mature and handles things a lot better without being...
Farrah: A dick.
Khalid: Hey...wait, that’s pretty fair.
Farid: That pretty much.
Farrah: Zaid is toning it down with the career stuff now that he’s a dad. It suits him a lot more and he’s happier.
Khalid: Farid is a lot more...well he’s himself. He was always quiet and awkward and he still is, but we know he’s not hiding anything.
16. Who’s better at maths?
Khalid: Farid.
Zaid: No competition there.
17. Who is more pessimistic and who is more optimistic?
Farrah: Farid can be a bit pessimistic, but Khalid and I are optimists. I don’t know about Zaid...
Zaid: I’m a realist.
Farrah: You’re something, but the label fell off.
18. Is there anything you don’t like doing together?
Zaid: Watching TV. Farrah and Khalid won’t shut up.
Farrah: I’ll second that, you watch some shit on TV.
Farid: Zaid is the only one who’ll really play video games with me. The other two are sore losers.
Khalid: I hate playing football with Farid.
Farid: I hate playing football.
19. Which one of you do you think will get married first?
Zaid: Sophie and I are engaged, but Farrah and Farid aren’t far behind!
Farrah: Don’t scare me, I’ve had enough commitment to last me a lifetime recently. I wouldn’t discount Khalid, he could surprise us with Edyta...if she gets her act together.
Khalid: No comment.
Farrah: What’s that meant to mean?
Farid: He’s already married.
Farrah: WHAAAT?
Khalid: I’m not...but Farid is taking Drew to Champ Les Sims to propose...
Farid: Shut up.
Farrah: Tell me everything.
20. Lastly, how often do you argue?
Zaid: Farid and I don’t really, but Farrah likes arguing.
Farid: I’ve had a few arguments with Khalid too.
Farrah: Khalid is a dick. I grew up with three brothers. It was a shitshow and they all annoyed me. Can you blame me?
Khalid: Yeah, I can.
Farrah: Shut up, Khalid.
The islanders had clearly heard about her return, as the little cafe was unusually busy! Jorani, the newly employed waitress was a huge help. Dannii made a mental note to raise her pay if this continued.
It was a foggy spring morning on Enekjaer when Dannii arrived at her cafe for the first time since having baby James. She knew he was in safe hands with Farhan and she was ready to get back to work, cooking up a storm in her kitchen.
Khalid was confused. His dad had told him he had a birthday gift for him and they had travelled out to the old boathouse. He had known it to be a dodgy bumbleleaf den and even the bravest, most stupid teenagers in Enekjaer gave it a wide berth.
"Dad, why are we here? You scoring me some bumbleleaf for my birthday wasn't on my birthday bingo." Khalid smirked.
"Very funny. The...squatters who lived her moved on and this place happened to come on the market for next to nothing. I know you want to move out, so....your brothers and I...well Zaid fixed it up for you. It's not perfect, but it's a start."
Khalid hugged his dad, which temporarily stunned both of them; neither really had that kind of relationship, but he didn't know how to put into words how grateful he was. This was the fresh start he needed as an adult.
Farid felt a bit hairer and less angry, but more or less the same. Behind him, he heard his dad cheering. Khizer was simply ecstatic that he wouldn't have to deal with a bunch of teenagers in his house, high on sugar.
Khalid's birthday was tomorrow and while he was never the brightest bulb, he did have a sudden realisation while reminising over his beloved Camp Windiwell poster. His teen years hadn't been particularly happy save for the time he spent at camp where he got to create his own identity. People liked him there. He was desparate to be liked back home, but he always seemed to do or say the wrong thing.
He was done with being a teenager and he was more than done with school. He was ready to be his own person in the world.
