I've just always thought it was a bit silly, my sims hanging out cross legged on the floor right in front of the living room settee.

Also, while I think of it, are there any mods disabling elders from running?

You know, I'm sure that years ago my sims used to sit on armchairs to hang out. They don't any more. I dunno if it was a mod or a patch/EP thing or what...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if two or more Sims sit on chairs in the same room, they will automatically start talking to each other. Try placing a few couches or chairs near each other, have them sit, and they should start talking. I know for certain it works at the dinner table.

That's true. It's just difficult to make a non-playable sim stay there to keep talking. Hang out seems a lot more controllable.

You can use testingcheatsenabled to make them selectable, and then go into Options and turn Free Will off. They should sit and talk forever, at least until their Hunger motive drops to rock bottom.

Yeah, but I agree with Snufflepaws. Mainly because I have a "hang-out is fun" mod, so it's a great way for my Sims to become friends and unwind. So, there really isn't a mod that lets them hang out with others while standing, even? 'Cause they do look pretty stupid, especially when they're supposed to be prim and proper ladies having a good gab, but they're sitting cross-legged on the floor. Oh, well.

I swear they used to hang out on any furniture nearby only sitting on the floor if there was nowhere else to sit then the next expansion pack broke it but it was so long ago that I'm not sure if I'm imagining it... Also is it possible for sims to tattle on cheaters if they know and are friendly with their spouse? I know this was supposed to be a feature since it was shown off in the demo video that came with one of my sims 1 expansion packs.

Edit: didn't pay attention to the year on the last comment after my google search that found this conversation, apologies for the necropost.

When sims are hanging out on the floor, a sim sitting on a chair or sofa in the same room will join the conversation. But anyone invited to join the hangout session will sit on the floor - usually in the silliest place available, like on the opposite side of a piece of furniture to the person they're talking to.

I don't remember who made it and where it's from, but there's a mod which allows sims with high logic skill to figure out when their partner is pregnant with a baby that can't be theirs and get angry. It would make sense for gossip about cheaters to get around town until the victim hears about it!

If not for stuff like that then what is the gossip system for?

LOL, I remember someone's picture of two sims hanging out facing each other with a lectern between them.