Ok, I'm having either a problem figuring things out OR the game is broken somewhere.
Since the first weekend, every weekend I see a message that I can take wife/daughter shopping if I have the cash and relationship level.
It's been 3 months. I have yet to successfully take anyone shopping. Every time I try, it appears a new stumbling block is placed in front of me.
At first, I was like "OK, I guess the message is just aspirational, and I need more (money, relationship)". Then there was cutscene where I was told I could take the wife shopping. "OK! I must have finally hit the thresholds! I guess I'll finally go shopping." Um, nope.
I have 1,000 Novos in the wallet. The wife is at max relationship level. When I try to take her shopping now, I'm told to visit her more at her office. WTF? The cutscene didn't discuss that. The weekly prompt doesn't mention that.
It's fucking shopping -- not a marriage proposal, committing a major crime, or launching a new corporation. How many goddamn hoops do I need to jump through for this seemingly simple task. Is every goddamn endeavour going to be this insanely complicated?