I wish I could assign seats to my sims.

Hmm, there is for me... even in your quote of me.

But here it is without the spoiler:

"Babykittyjade;c-18151687" wrote:

"PenguinFoop;c-18151392" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-18151384" wrote:
What a good idea! Would be great for the table. And I do want my friends/family together in class.

What happens when Friend A is fighting with Friend B because they both are secretly in love with Friend C's sibling while simultaneously woohooing Friend D'Souza sibling unbeknownst to each other?

Don't you think them sitting together would be a bit awkward? Then again, for my sims, that could be a typical Friday...

Hahahaha ??? my brain could not even process that but I'd say bring on the drama! ???

For the record, I don't know how D'Souza got in there!

"DaniRose2143;c-18151704" wrote:
I'd be satisfied if I ask them to sit together and they all stayed put for longer than 0.001 seconds. Everytime I try to have 3 or more sims sit together and have a conversation as soon as the last sim's butt hits their chair the first sim that sat down gets up and wanders off.?

This is definitely a problem even with autonomy turned off, they still get up.

"PenguinFoop;c-18150037" wrote:
I usually just make everyone sit down when dinner is almost ready. Then after calling to meal, they get up and sit back down with their food, usually.

As far as school, kids don't always sit with particular friends. Sometimes, they like to separate unless they have a problem with low ego. Then, they would be very attached to those friends that feed their deficiency.

That's just my assessment.

In the US at least, sitting with one's own particular friends is not any sort of deficiency ot ego problem. It's quite natural and understandable, as lunch is one of the few times during the school day that friends het to socialize at all
They can't do it during class, provided they even have any classes together. When you have gone to school together for years already as is the case in small places with only one scho district, friends may only get to see each other at lunch in high school if they happen not to have any classes together. Conversely, in larger places where kids come to one larger high school from an assortment of smaller middle schools, they will undoubtedly have to make new friends, but again, lunch is the only time they can be sure of being able to talk, and then, it is generally for as little as 15 minutes, sometimes even less, soinchtime as social time face to face, sitting with whom you choose, is very important.

"ignominiusrex;c-18151740" wrote:

"PenguinFoop;c-18150037" wrote:
I usually just make everyone sit down when dinner is almost ready. Then after calling to meal, they get up and sit back down with their food, usually.

As far as school, kids don't always sit with particular friends. Sometimes, they like to separate unless they have a problem with low ego. Then, they would be very attached to those friends that feed their deficiency.

That's just my assessment.

In the US at least, sitting with one's own particular friends is not any sort of deficiency ot ego problem. It's quite natural and understandable, as lunch is one of the few times during the school day that friends het to socialize at all
They can't do it during class, provided they even have any classes together. When you have gone to school together for years already as is the case in small places with only one scho district, friends may only get to see each other at lunch in high school if they happen not to have any classes together. Conversely, in larger places where kids come to one larger high school from an assortment of smaller middle schools, they will undoubtedly have to make new friends, but again, lunch is the only time they can be sure of being able to talk, and then, it is generally for as little as 15 minutes, sometimes even less, soinchtime as social time face to face, sitting with whom you choose, is very important.

Yes, I know. I'm a U.S. citizen so I understand that. I've also seen enough to know that there definitely ego issues. Lol Not all, but many cases.

But yeah, during lunch makes sense in a lot of cases but during lunch, there aren't assigned seats; except in the military where you have no choice during boot camp but to sit with your company, shower with them, drill with them, go to class with them, drill with them some more and then sleep with them.

"DaniRose2143;c-18151745" wrote:

"PenguinFoop;c-18151705" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18151704" wrote:
I'd be satisfied if I ask them to sit together and they all stayed put for longer than 0.001 seconds. Everytime I try to have 3 or more sims sit together and have a conversation as soon as the last sim's butt hits their chair the first sim that sat down gets up and wanders off.?

This is definitely a problem even with autonomy turned off, they still get up.

Oh don't I know it. There have been the odd moments where I've wanted the option to glue butts to chairs. But they'd probably waddle off with chair the stuck to their backside.

One thing I've noticed is that if I have them sit together and talk, they tend to stay until the conversation is over or the meal is called. So maybe try keeping the conversation going is the solution?

@DaniRose2143 my suggestion is to lock the door while they're in the dining room so the guests won't go out to use the computer or something. And lock other rooms except for households. You can just unlock them after dinner, perhaps. And lock computers except for household. And group them and make them do things together.

And when they're in group, make them "sit together" and "grab meal together".