In the immortal words of the Spice Girls: "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends" - this mod changes the marriage candidates to be non-datable at the start of the game, becoming datable once you've reached a configurable heart level with their friends and/or family. Useful for roleplayers or people looking for an extra bit of challenge!

Nearly every aspect of this mod is configurable, so you can set it to whatever restrictions you like. Want Abigail to only care about Sam & Sebastian's opinion on her potential partners? Think that Alex would never date someone his grandma disapproves of? Would Sam want all of his family and friends to approve of his partner? You can set which people are required and at what heart level the dating restrictions will lift.

Configuration:

• EnabledNPCs: Choose which characters will be enabled by the mod.
• HeartLevelRequired: Choose which heart level you're required to have with a marriage candidate's friends or family before they become datable. Options are 2, 4, 6, or 8 hearts (default 4).
  

• AbigailRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Alex to become datable. Options are Pierre, Caroline, Sam, and/or Sebastian.
• AlexRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Alex to become datable. Options are Evelyn, George, and/or Haley.
• ElliottRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Elliott to become datable. Options are Leah and/or Willy.
• EmilyRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Emily to become datable. Options are Haley, Sandy, and/or Shane.
• HaleyRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Haley to become datable. Options are Emily and/or Alex.
• HarveyRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Harvey to become datable. Options are Maru and/or Lewis.
• LeahRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Leah to become datable. Options are Elliott and/or Gus.
• MaruRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Maru to become datable. Options are Robin, Demetrius, Sebastian, Penny, and/or Harvey.
• PennyRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Penny to become datable. Options are Pam, Maru, and/or Sam.
• SamRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Sam to become datable. Options are Jodi, Kent, Vincent, Abigail, Sebastian, and/or Penny.
• SebastianRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Sebastian to become datable. Options are Robin, Demetrius, Maru, Sam, and/or Abigail.
• ShaneRequirements: Enable which characters you must be friends with in order for Shane to become datable. Options are Marnie, Jas, and/or Emily.
  

Compatibility:

This mod only includes & affects vanilla NPCs, so modded NPCs will not be included as potential approval checks nor will their datability be affected. It can be safely installed mid-save, as it checks for and disables its edits if the player is already dating or married to a character enabled by the mod. It is also compatible with my other mod Don't Date Relatives, which will take priority. It is untested with Platonic Relationships, Sebastian Comes Out, and other mods that change datability but shouldn't cause issues.

I don't and will never include compatibility with SVE. Questions asking about it will be deleted.

It synergises well with Friend of a Friend and Part of the Community so that increasing friendship with one character will also increase friendship with others in their social circle!

Thanks to Atravita, Casey, and others in the SMC server for the brainstorming that lead to the idea for this mod!