# Build your mate for 5 dollars **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982 "2015-07-23T19:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/21 "2015-07-23T22:27:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > In other words, I was too lazy to think about it much. How much would it cost us to fix that? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/22 "2015-07-23T22:42:00Z")
$2 Great body + $1 Smart + $1 Funny + $1 Tall The last two are pretty optional but no sense wasting the extra money. ---
**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/23 "2015-07-23T22:59:01Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > $2 Great body + $1 Smart + $1 Funny + $1 Tall > > The last two are pretty optional but no sense wasting the extra money. But she’s terrible in bed and cheats on you and is a buttaface. Ah, well. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/24 "2015-07-23T23:47:06Z")
$3 Good Looks + 1 Smart + .5 0-2 kids. Since I’m of the age where a potential mate may be over childbearing age, I wouldn’t mind a kid by proxy as long as they’re not a total brat. So 1 kids would be a bonus for me, no kids or 2 kids would be okay, but I’d spend a buck to make sure they don’t have three! I am an introvert in the sense of being worn out by social interaction, so constantly having to interact with 4 people would wear me out no matter if they were toddlers or teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/25 "2015-07-24T00:09:34Z")
Can i save my mate funds for beer or other potential substitutes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/26 "2015-07-24T01:44:56Z")
Faithful and great in bed. The first one can’t be bought, and I think the second one depends on the first. ---
**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/27 "2015-07-24T02:28:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Faithful and great in bed. The first one can’t be bought, and I think the second one depends on the first. Naw. Honestly, if she was playing the field she might come back with lots of new ideas. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/28 "2015-07-24T02:30:53Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > Naw. Honestly, if she was playing the field she might come back with lots of new ideas. If that works for you that’s fine. To me ‘great in bed’ is not merely physical. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/29 "2015-07-24T04:59:02Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > But she’s terrible in bed and cheats on you and is a buttaface. > > Ah, well. I do believe that, that sort of tradeoff balancing is the point of the thread. However, I have little reason to think that one can’t improve at physical activities with practice and guidance. I also think that if you don’t care about cheating, then _cheating_ becomes impossible, so I’m basically safe there. And spending over half my budget on looks doesn’t seem reasonable. I guess, technically, I ended up doing so by adding height, but I like kissing so it’s nice to have a tall woman. I would have preferred that there were some personality options on the menu that I could have spent that dollar on. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/30 "2015-07-24T05:28:11Z")
I aint got no five dollas. Treefitty gonna get me funny smart tall 'n haf a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/31 "2015-07-24T05:48:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Good looks-- $3 Are these all-or-nothing options; could I get “wicked cute” for two-and-a-quarter? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982/32 "2015-07-24T20:07:53Z")
Knowing what I know now, I’ll take Wealthy and 2/3rds Wealthy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-your-mate-for-5-dollars/725982.md?page=1)