Also you lose points for failed rolls on normal mode. Playing on easy removes this one at least.
That's exactly the problem for most ppl. here that think it's "grindy".
you guys don't understand the mechanics of the game.
for example, if she is on high mood, failing an action just reduces mood and not stats. also high mood seems to increase success rate of actions. giving her a stick daily helps with that. also try to cheer her up, works most of the time.
you can easily archive 20 trust a day without the risk of loosing stats if you know what you do, so the daily drop of 1 or 2 doesn't matter at all.
if you restrain your libido und focus on trust grinding for the first week you end up with 100 trust week one.
week two you can get 200 trust and 50 interest.
starting week 3 you can get a bit lewd and week 4 or 5 is where you start to get physical.
it's not that hard and by no means grindy IMO since you can finish a day in a minute or 2.
and that's in normal mode. in easy mode this all is way easier, but i never played easy mode.
still having trouble?
use daytrader and the all bonus effects traits. you have unlimited money and have all the bonuses for the little price of 1 or 2 trist/interest each day which you can replace with a single action each day. it's so easy.