Poll: Could you overlook gender?

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Kialee

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Search bar approved with a few different attempted phrases, but I can't promise anything. I don't trust that thing.

Anywho, for the sake of argument, I've assumed that you are heterosexual and of either gender. (If such is false, go ahead and substitute the exact opposite of what I'm about to drone on about, and if you are a dog, bark woof bark.) Age of consent, healthy, and whatever else floats your boat to avoid strange questions.
For whatever hypothetical reasons you find most agreeable, you haven't had much luck on the dating front. Attempts at the opposite sex either end up less than ideal or fail spectacularly. During your dating escapades, you meet someone of your own gender (or opposite, if you usually prefer the same sex) and you become friends.

As time goes on, you realize that this friend is, more or less, your dream individual with the wrong set of genitalia. Perhaps they're really into the same obscure movies and games you are, maybe they have your dream car, maybe their hips are just really nice, I'm not certain what you're into - take your ideal partner template and apply it to a same-sex friend. Unless it's part of your fantasy, it can be assumed that this person is either homosexual or open to the following idea. They also have no hardcore addictions that would cause relationship problems, and are financially stable with no debilitating diseases.

So, Escapists, would you try to form a relationship with someone you normally wouldn't, given the idea that they are quite literally the perfect person you've been searching for?
 

blankedboy

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If they asked me out, yes.
But I wouldn't ask them out.

I'm a bit confused about my sexuality, I think I'm looking at 80-20 Hetero:Homo.
 

SwagLordYoloson

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I wouldn't be able to, I'm straight as the definition, instead I would build my self a female robot companion and we would cause havoc and make cyborg babies
 

stubbmann

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Personally, I'd just be happy to have a friend like that. Wouldn't perfectly match my ultimate partner template, though, cuz he wouldn't have a vagina.

...Probably.
 

Serenegoose

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I'm not that strongly gay, so no, I don't think gender would get in the way if said person was perfect every other way. It hasn't happened before, but I'd not rule it out.
 

LiberalSquirrel

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Honestly, if it was my perfect partner, she'd be a he. I've got female friends that I get along with wonderfully- but they are friends, because they're female, and thus I am not interested in them. In a relationship, there's got to be a bit of physical attraction, as well... and I'm just not interested in girls like that.
 

DeadlyYellow

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No. I am not attracted to men in that way. People can be good friends without a sexual relationship.

Chances are that having a good relationship within your friend circle can boost your confidence and character enough to attract a mate of the desired gender.
 

sheic99

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Honestly, the traits you look for in a friend are usually, the same one you seek in a relationship. So, no I wouldn't, I don't like men and would keep that relationship platonic.
 

Kialee

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RhombusHatesYou said:
OT: Highly unlikely... but life is weird enough that I can't definitely rule anything like that out.
That's more or less my reasoning on the subject. I can't say I'd be against a heterosexual relationship (I am my own hypothetical fluke) but if I were to meet someone of the opposite gender who really struck up my interests and seemed to be some sort of opposite sex clone, I'd at least give it a shot.

Perhaps I fall for people more than the gender, or something strange like that, as stated by @PayJ567.
 

DanDeFool

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I could probably do that. As long as they don't want to spoon.

I mean, the only real difference between a marriage and what OP is describing is the lack of sex. And in this case, I could probably just have flings with whoever and not piss off my partner, since he's probably going to do the same thing and isn't going to be jealous that someone else is using hardware he's not interested in.
 

Anah'ya

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So, you can't have someone that awesome as a friend? Do you have to take it a step further all the time? Many a friendship is wasted on a relationship, even though I hold onto the firm believe that you have to be friends before lovers.

That's me digressing.

My answer: No.
 

Kinguendo

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Could you overlook gender? Erm, heterosexual means you are attracted to the OPPOSITE sex. There is no choice in the matter.