Dear little sims,
You live with your family. You see them every single day. You have a good relationship, you love them. We know this, it says so on your relationship bar. Lovely. But surely, when you're sitting at the table eating breakfast/lunch/dinner when it's only been 3 hours since you last saw those lovely family members, you could just say "Hi" and carry on eating? Why did you miss them so much in those 3 hours that you literally have to abandon your food, leave the table and bear hug said family members before you can speak to them and continue eating? EVERY. TIME.!?