game not saving? anybody having this issue?

When I exit the game I always choose save and exit. The last couple of times my game loads on the same monday, with sims in the exact same places, and progress was not saved from the last time I played. I am also having issues with the game options not saving, I have animal aging off (but it isn't working, animals still dying) and I have wants and fears toggled off, ( have to constantly re-do that because it doesn't work either.) I searched the forum because I thought I had seen someone who had also been having this issue but I can't find the post. I don't have any mods or cc, and never have.