Honestly, the contrast stands elsewhere for me, in that with a real person, I at least know there’s still a chance to talk things out if I play my cards right. In this case, though, I have no idea whether or not this is one of those “this will branch out into a related convo which will either solidify or completely cancel,” which would motivate me to keep trying to navigate this situation and would pull me into the game even more, or if it’s “you triggered the Ick flag and now you’re out unless you mind wipe them,” which just sounds sociopathic in and of itself, so no. Just no. As a person who’s really into the not being able to retread choices aspect, means that something may have been blocked off for me for a really shitty and unjust reason (yes, I still believe it’s an unjustified reaction based on the conversation, although a realistic one - realism does not imply healthiness).

And all I know now is that I triggered her NoDate flag, and I barely even know what that means other than she literally hates my guts for saying I’m never leaving. Not even kidding, her reaction to my asking to date her again would suggest I insulted half of her family tree…

Thanks for the support, kinda’ regret getting into the dating sim part. They wrote the characters well enough for their presence or absence to matter, and it feels a lot like a real break-up would, although the impact is far smaller. It still fucking sucks to see an empty apartment and just go through with the grind after that.