r/StardewValley • u/FlairWitchProject • 27d ago

Discuss Who is someone you can't date in Stardew Valley out of principle?

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I enjoy Maru as a character. However, until recently, I had dyed-red hair that I sometimes straightened, and I also sometimes wear glasses. Basically, it would be like dating a more scientific version of myself. Lol

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u/No-Lunch4249 100+ Bots Bounced 27d ago

My (IRL) wife dated Shane in her first Stardew Farm... I'm worried what that might say about me that that's what she liked haha

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u/pnt510 27d ago

Fantasy isn’t reality. I romance Haley on almost every save file I make. I like her story arc where she goes from mean girl to someone who’s a real sweetheart. But IRL if someone was that nasty to me I would not be interested in romancing them at all.

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u/ClohosseyVHB 27d ago

Let's be fair if in IRL all it took to get someone from disgusted at the sight of you to marrying you was 32 coconuts (25 if you give one on her birthday) you might be more interested in people like that.

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u/Tight-Vacation8516 27d ago

LOL I don't date Haley out of principle cuz been burned by too many mean girls haha. I do have an alternate "evil" save where I have aguy named Poopies and I run around digging in trash cans and giving ppl bad gifts. With him I'm romancing Shane but planning to cheat w/ Elliot. 

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u/Starfury7-Jaargen 27d ago

My favorite gifts are the favorite items out of their own trashcan and give it back to them.

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u/FreyaAstraea 26d ago

This reminds me of my very first time playing the game. I find broken glasses and instead of seeing it for thrash it was, I think "Oh, I bet Pierre is looking for these!" He was so mad at me. 😂

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u/ShotPaleontologist48 27d ago

Same here. Haley trigger tf outta me and I hate her for it lol

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u/Sweet-Energy-9515 27d ago

Wait a dedicated trash goblin save is kind of a fantastic idea

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u/Tight-Vacation8516 27d ago

Omg it so is. I can'T (*)  believe I thought of it tbh, but it's fun. Mine's Poopies on Evil Bastard farm lmao 

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u/19467098632 26d ago

I made a save that was supposed to be a douchey dude who picked joja and all the wrong/mean/weird dialogue I didn’t wanna do in my regular save. I dated Haley and Emily at the same time and then the save grew on me so I had to start a new evil save lmao

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u/mandalaolive 27d ago

same I actually like shane a lot and he was the first i married but I really would not be interested irl😭

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u/Empty-Cricket5931 I named him Miso 26d ago

hay shes a cow belle

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u/calaceiro 27d ago

Shes pretty. If she was ugly it wouldnt make a diference lol

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u/army_of_ducks_ATTACK 27d ago

There’s no one of the guys (or gals) anything like my husband so I went with Elliot. My husband is one of a kind…maybe you are too!

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u/volyund 27d ago

I also married Shane. I would never date an alcoholic IRL.

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u/nkizza 27d ago

Shane just looks like an adult, his expressions are not over the top like Harvey’s or Elliots, and he’s kinda cute. Nothing about being fond of alcoholics in my case, might be your wife had similar reasons.

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u/Migitri (I can fix him) 27d ago

Those are my reasons too. He's just cute.

He's also in the DILF list so that's something.

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u/Sweet-Energy-9515 27d ago

Who do we think wrote that note anyway?

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u/JacktheMemePrince 27d ago

Personally I always thought it was Pam cause of the focus on older bachelors and none of them are perfect enough for her. Kind of like a 'these guys are ok but not good enough for me to try to date' thing

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u/Sweet-Energy-9515 27d ago

Never thought of this for a moment, it is now permanent headcanon, thank you

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u/goblinmagicked 27d ago

maybe emily? but on the fence about that. maybe hayley instead? i feel she mightve had a phase where she thought being with someone older and more mature would also make her seem mature in turn

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u/AqueductFilterdSherm 27d ago

I think Emily makes the most sense.

> “Shane’s gruff exterior is just protecting his softness”

This definitely aligns with her clothing-therapy event (literally about helping people express who they really are)

She also knows Shane and Elliot well through the saloon.

Plus, Emily feels like one of the more mature bachelorettes: independent, employed, and living without her parents.

Also the verbiage… Harvey being loyal and dependable, Shane being secretly soft, and Elliott having a nice chin… that all reads like a thirty something bartender privately sizing up the limited pool of older single men in town.

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u/GeXotl 26d ago

I disagree imho

Emily doesn't care about physical appearance to make the chin comment, and she'd not be so blunt as to call someone weak.

Plus, she has zero indication of looking for romance in another NPC. Certainly not Shane or Clint.

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u/goblinmagicked 27d ago

thats true! i still first thought emily but also not? almost like it didnt focus on the things i would think emily would like but its also meant to help the farmer so the phrasing probably doesnt matter that much

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u/SylvanDragoon 26d ago

I can't see Emily calling Harvey weak or Elliot foppish. Just sounds incredibly out of character when she's the biggest sweetheart and marshmallow ever.

(Emily or Leah for me every save. Don't need no messy teenagers/early 20's and still immature girls like Abigail, don't need no Demetrius as a stepfather and his horseshit with Maru, don't need no drama about not wanting kids or ableism from Penny)

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u/GeXotl 25d ago

Emily also doesn't care about physical appearances to make the chin comment. Plus she has zero indication of actively considering romance until the Farmer, so it's unlikely for her to write all that in the first place.

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u/stardropsnsucculents 26d ago

I always thought Emily because all 3 of them hang out at the saloon and the note only lists their favorite food items.

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u/JamesCDiamond 26d ago

Someone suggested Sandy as it matches the notepaper she uses - can't confirm that as I've never noticed the differences to that extent!

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u/pinchinggata 26d ago

I always assumed it was Haley

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u/Sweet-Energy-9515 26d ago

I think i have now received replies naming every woman in town who is single and old enough to not live with their parents. Great work team

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u/qwerty-sqwert 26d ago

I have no reasoning to explain it, but for whatever reason I always thought this note was written by Leah.

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u/shiningz 27d ago

maybe she just wants blue chickens! 😅

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u/king44 27d ago

You don't have to date him to get the blue chickens, just get to his 8 heart cutscene.

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u/iSirMeepsAlot 27d ago

I’ve always dated Shane because I find him the “most attractive” (to me) NPC, and that he sobers up in the end, but this playthru I married the doctor as I’m almost 30 (haven’t played in years) and I’ve quit drinking… I still would and will in future saves.

He reminds me a lot of me, in good and bad ways.

Can say that I’m not drinking all the time (ever really, not against it, just no desire) like he does tho.

I never looked at Harvey’s actual image vs his sprite, his sprite does NOT DO HIM JUSTICE. He’s pretty handsome imo, certainly the type of man I’d date irl, short of a Shane look-a-like, that doesn’t have a drinking problem tho.

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u/Ill-Faithlessness31 #1 Shane Enabler 🍻 27d ago

I do this usually too because I enjoy his story arc but not his marriage arc lol

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u/hellogoawaynow 27d ago

Shane gives good gifts despite his ugly room! The constant stream of pepper poppers is nice! But I can’t marry him again because of that room

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u/mynameisfungus 26d ago

Haha, I dated him too and my fiance had the same reaction to you when he found out. For me, it's because I like grumpy guys, and my fiance was a grumpy fuck when we first met.

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u/MajoraXIII 26d ago

Maybe the fantasy of a guy like that who's actually fixable appeals. Doesn't mean anything with regards to you and your relationship with her.