And, on the topic of 'must-have' mates, I tried to get my character into a relationship, but I did it real slow so it would, hopefully, come more naturally. Mainly since my rp charrie, Yakiko, is /not/ the type to have a relationship. So, taking it slowly, I befriended this character and his close friends too, helped him around a lot, since he had a disability, and was as nice to him as my character could get. Than the owner of the thread says;
"hey, bob, my charie and ur charry should like sooo totaly be mats

"Ok Shelly! ^^"
And I just like "D:"