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i thought thats how it worked so i exited on day 3 but when i went back on it took me back to the beginning

Maybe you pressed new game instead of continue thats why it took you back to the beginning, I almost did that one time 

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no i only have the option to start at the beginning, no continue,, very odd and sad since i want to get far enough to start cooking but i cant really play much in one go so it always resets before i get the chance to

yea;; this exact sequence of events happened to me too, i quit after day 3 and when i relaunched the game, i was back to day 1

i had that too after the update but now it saves