Been trying to add roommates to my household, and I have a few questions about them. I met a few people at Sims University that I wanted to live with outside of school, so when I got back home, I invited them over and asked them to be my roommates. This worked fine and they all agreed to move in, but I didn't realize that I couldn't move houses with my roommates; I was living in a small 1 bed 1 bath home at the time that was clearly not enough for the four roommates I just invited over including myself, so I had previously set up a new apartment lot that I was going to move in with them after, but when I tried that, the game told me I had to dismiss them first, so I thought, "well, fine, I'll just move, then call them over and ask them to be roomies again" - a bit of a pain, but doable.
So I did that - moved and re-invited over. The people in question are Mahmoud Yavari, Cid Serverus, Ashley Corono and Eddy Mullis. Mahmoud accepted right away and moved into the new place, but when I asked Cid, there was no response the first time and when I tried again he said something like, "there are some unresolved issues in the group, I think I'll leave" and he started going home. I also got an "upset" and "rude guest" moodlet after, so I thought that was a bit strange. I thought it might be considered impolite to ask them to be roommates right after dismissing them, but I tried again with Ashley next When I asked her, their relationship status went up and I saw the little blue plus signs hover above them, but she did not show up as a roommate on my household tab. I asked her again, same thing.
Should I wait a while before asking them again? I didn't think dismissing roommates counted as impolite or unfriendly gestures, just a technical thing since it's got the yellow circle next to it, but Cid seemed upset when I asked again even though he moved in at my first house.
Also, another thing I wanted to ask is will roommates move out on their own if they're unhappy? The main reason I wanted roommates in the first place is so I have low-maintenance friends around to interact with, but don't have to control. But I don't want to have to constantly entertain them; if I do, I might cut down on the number of roommates.
Summary:
1) Can you ask someone to be a roommate, dismiss them, move, then ask them to be roommates again? Should you wait a while after dismissal to ask again?
2) Do you have to entertain roommates like house guests/visitors, and will they leave if you don't interact with them enough?
Thanks!
