Answering my nineteenth question! I'd honestly never thought about it and just kind of say what comes to mind. What I've found out though is that for a mate, you need to have someone you really like if you're planning on staying with them; as in, don't stay with a mate just because you don't want to be alone, it's better to be alone than together unhappily.
(I'll probably add more to say here by the time it goes on FA on Monday, but I'll update it here too.)