nope sadly never could get past it
I tried for another week or so before just giving up
I'm just not fast and consistent enough to hit them so I just kept getting overly frustrated
then I just quit the game entirely because I didn't want to start Victoria's and run into the same thing and since the other routes would stay locked even if I did
its a shame because really there is not very many true wlw dating sims with like a ton of LI's and stuff