I'll try that then, although nervously.. lol

Thanks Arthur.

hmm, i might just try an all organic family. see if maybe they live past 60. or maybe don't look 60 when they're 45 lol.

I try to use organic foods, if I don't I end up getting emails from them asking for a different type of food LOL

I use nothing but organics and still get that email, even when I have close to 2000 units of food (that used to always be purchased as all 4 food groups at once). Because of that, the email about different foods confused me at first. Now when I get it I buy bread and that's it; we all know why the bread dwindles faster, don't we? LOL

Anyone else have thoughts on that?

Well since Arthur put the .05 version on the sticky, I figured that I might try what you did SoulSmilen, deleting all my families and starting from scratch. I backed them up though, in case I miss them.

Anyway, I didn't feed my old families last night, and took a note of the food quantity and it had dropped, so they were eating while the pc was off. Their fed bar was low, but not low enough where anyone was starving. So they do seem to feed themselves.

In my new family, I noticed the husband started a meal on his own pretty well within the first hour of starting the family. He even cleaned up himself too. Good on him.

I have only bought organic when it's been on special because they haven't earned enough money yet.

Edit: Oh maybe it was Simsane that started new families. Maybe it wasn't you SoulSmilen. I'm getting confused who did what lately.

i'm still doing the organic experiment on one family. when one thing is on sale, i buy two and then save one.

Hi Bren, yes, I've noticed if I feed mine mostly organic foods they tend to live a bit longer and stay healthier. If the money is tight you can feed partly organic and partly the other foods.

I have noticed something also, their food used to go up 200 with regular food and 300 with organic. It seems like its less than that now.

It's exactly the same in all the versions until 1.00.05 (which has been reduced because of adjustments to food consumption); however, if the peeps decide to eat just when you buy a bag of groceries, you might not see the full amount put away.

I'm 99% sure the store provides 150 units of normal food, and 250 units of organic food now. Which was 200 & 300 before.

But, they eat a LOT less through the night without being affected at all. I've watched my family heat up food, snack and also prepare meals. Often the parents will call the kids to eat, but don't often eat themselves, so I'm praising them for sitting down to eat and will see if they do it themselves.

The fed bar is often lower now than earlier versions, but I don't see any problems with the family members health due to it. They seem to keep themselves topped up and it's much better than a full fed bar and an empty fridge that cost a fortune every day to refill.