Sadly, love guru, my relationship ended a long while ago. If only this post somehow existed back then so I can show her this when my efforts meant as much as shit, which means she might've closed her eyes to this advice too, in which case she's beyond saving, sooo yeah, forget I said "sadly", I take that back. I'm happy we broke up lol. Don't dwell in the past, right?

Anyway, good advice you've written here!