I have one Sim, an elder, who has a platinum bar and glowing aspiration symbol (sorry can't think of the terminology) but cannot get beyond the first two columns of the lifetime aspiration benefits. He's stuck on the second column as if he were a child (the other two columns unselectable). He's the only Sim that has this problem. Any ideas why?

I don't know the why, sorry, but apart from the glowing, do you actually see the number of unused benefits?
Have you tried resetting the benefits through the ReNuYuSenso orb?

Hmm, can't say I've ever noticed the number of benefits. Will have to check next time. What is the ReNuYuSenso orb?

Oh, sorry, it's this round thing , available in the aspiration rewards, that lets you reset the chosen benefits so that you can pick again. In case they are glitched, it might be an easy fix.
(Since it's an aspiration reward, the sim has to be in gold/platinum mood when using it, to avoid a possible backfire.)

Ah right, funny, I've never used that! I'll give it a go, thanks.

Sadly, the ReNuYuSenso orb didn't work. There were 16 aspiration benefits to fill but it would only allow me to fill 8, just as before.