The Two Rules
Good things you do lose value over time. She forgets. It's not personal — it's biology. Last week's flowers? Already fading.
Bad things recover slowly. Very slowly. She remembers that boys' weekend for weeks. The gaming session from last Tuesday? Still on the books.
How Deposits Work
Every deposit has a half-life — the number of days until it's worth half as much. Then half again. Then half again. Until it's basically zero.
| Action | Cred | Half-Life | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📱 Liked her post | +1 | 1 day | ~3 days |
| ☕ Brought her coffee | +5 | 1 day | ~3 days |
| 🍳 Made breakfast | +12 | 2 days | ~1 week |
| 💐 Flowers (no reason) | +15 | 3 days | ~10 days |
| 🗑️ Trash (unasked) | +25 | 2 days | ~1 week |
| ✨ Surprise date night | +30 | 5 days | ~3 weeks |
| 👶 Took the kids | +40 | 5 days | ~3 weeks |
| ✈️ Planned a trip | +60 | 9 days | ~5 weeks |
Day 0: +15 — she's happy
Day 3: +7.5 — "oh yeah, those were nice"
Day 6: +3.75 — barely remembers
Day 10: +0.9 — what flowers?
How Withdrawals Work
Withdrawals recover at a fixed rate — usually +2 cred per day, crawling back toward zero. No half-life. Just a long, slow grind.
| Action | Cred | Recovery | Days to clear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 😐 "You look fine" | -10 | +2/day | 5 days |
| 🎮 "One more game" | -20 | +2/day | 10 days |
| ⛳ Golf day | -25 | +2/day | 12 days |
| 🍺 Boys' night | -30 | +2/day | 15 days |
| 🏈 Boys' weekend | -80 | +2/day | 40 days |
| 📅 Forgot anniversary | -150 | +1/day | 150 days |
| 🏀 Final 4 w/ the boys | -200 | +1/day | 200 days |
Day 0: -80 — she's not talking to you
Day 10: -60 — still cold
Day 20: -40 — starting to thaw
Day 40: 0 — finally cleared. Took 6 weeks.
The Kids Multiplier
More kids = more chaos = she forgets your good deeds even faster. Her brain is running at capacity. The system accounts for this.
| Kids | Deposit Decay Speed | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Normal (1x) | She has all her attention on you |
| 1 | Slightly faster (0.9x) | Some buffer. Almost normal. |
| 2 | 25% faster (0.75x) | She's busy. Good deeds fade quicker. |
| 3 | 40% faster (0.6x) | Outnumbered. Deposits evaporate. |
| 4+ | 50% faster (0.5x) | Chaos mode. Flowers? What flowers? |
Normal half-life: 3 days → With 4 kids: 1.5 days
Day 0: +15
Day 1.5: +7.5
Day 3: +3.75
Day 5: +1 — gone. Meanwhile the boys' weekend is still at -70.
Your Balance
Your balance is calculated in real-time: the sum of all your decaying deposits plus all your slowly-recovering withdrawals. It's a moving target that's always sinking unless you're actively depositing.
How to Win
🎯 Strategy #1: Plan Ahead
Big withdrawal coming? (Boys' weekend, Final Four, golf trip) Start banking cred NOW. You need to overshoot because your deposits decay while you save. Scheduling future withdrawals shows you the projected impact.
📈 Strategy #2: Compound Interest
Small daily deposits beat one big gesture. Taking out the trash every day (+25 each time) keeps a steady flow of cred even as each one decays. Consistency > grand gestures.
⚡ Strategy #3: Unprompted > Asked
Did she ask you to do it? It still counts, but it's worth less. The same action done unprompted — because you just noticed it needed doing — is worth significantly more. She notices.
🚫 Strategy #4: Avoid Catastrophics
Forgetting an anniversary (-150, +1/day) takes 5 months to clear. No amount of flowers fixes that. Set up Babe Info (tap 👸) so the system warns you in advance. Prevention > recovery.
🏆 Strategy #5: Check the Leaderboard
If you're in the Top 5, you can golf. If you're in the Bottom 5, stay home and do the dishes. The leaderboard doesn't lie.