Preach it, Crow. I hear you. This hasn't happened to me yet on FH, since I now choose mates from people I know well, thanks to the following story, but it has happened on another game that I used to play (AJ). He wans't cheating or anything, but he got really annoying after a while, so I ended it, and he was fine with it at first. The next day when I logged on, he started attacking my character. ToT
But yeah, people need to stop doing this. It's a VIRTUAL CHARACTER, and chances are, you'd end up with a real life "mate" (I'm using this word out of context XD) and things would get messed up with the in game mate, so I personally think it SHOULD be part time. I mean, unless your one of those catfish people who try to meet other gamers in real life. But yeah.
Interesting topic, Crow, lots of people can probably relate to this.