Girlfriends

Not all of your friends have to be male. There are several available girlfriends you can wine, dine, and…do other stuff with. A couple potential mates are found during the single-player missions—Michelle and Kate—and three more are available once you have logged onto the Internet, have access to your email account, and created a "love" profile during the mission Out of the Closet.

No big shocker here but girls have their own specific likes and dislikes (you won’t have the convenience of the cell phone menu to tell you what they like to do). Plus, girls are apparently pretty judgmental and have opinions on your clothing and the type of car you drive. They’ll even notice if you’re wearing the same outfit on back-to-back dates!

For the online dates, read the girls’ profile to find clues on their likes and dislikes. Respond to their profile and you will receive an email a few game days later with a meeting time. Complete a successful first date (did she say she had a good time?) and you can ask for her phone number. Continue to impress with additional dates and you can "try your luck" and if you are successful, you can gain a special benefit (LawChick, SoboHoe, and Alex only).

Michelle

You’re introduced to dating early in the single-player game with the mission First Date. It’s easy to determine her likes: just follow the mission objectives. You attempt to go to the carnival but it’s closed down so you take her bowling instead. Michelle likes games. Take her on other dates and go play pool or darts. Michelle is pretty low maintenance and doesn’t mind your initial dress or vehicles.

"LawChick"

Once you’ve gained access to the Internet, your email address, and put a profile on love-meet.net in the story mission Out of the Closet, get onto the "Web" and onto love-meet.net. You can access the site from the ads on the homepage. Choose to search through the available females and find "LawChick" also known as Kiki Jenkins.

Find LawChick on love-meet.net and ask her out on a date.

Reading LawChick’s profile you learn she’s one of those crazy tree-hugging types that has moved to Liberty City in hopes of making the world a better place. She’s not into the yuppie thing, which is a clue not to dress up for her (she’s similar to Michelle). Just meet her with your original clothes. She also prefers more reserved family type vehicles—not sports cars, expensive cars, or muscle cars.

Take LawChick to one of the shows, either the comedy club or the cabaret club. She also likes games so take her bowling or to play darts or pool. Once you have successfully tried your luck with LawChick, then you unlock her special ability. If you "ever feel that the cops are giving you a hard time for no reason" then give Kiki a call. She’s got pull with the DA. Basically this means you can use her to clear your wanted level. Just open the cell phone and select "Clear Wanted".

"SoboHoe"

Once you’ve gained access to the Internet, your email address, and put a profile on love-meet.net in the story mission Out of the Closet, get onto the "Web" and onto love-meet.net. You can access the site from the ads on the homepage. Choose to search through the available females and find "SoboHoe", also known as Carmen Ortiz.

Check out Carmen’s profile. Apparently she doesn’t mind getting her fingers greasy at the Cluckin’ Bell or even going to strip club. SoboHoe claims she works hard on her appearance, so you’ll need some nice clothes to impress—stick with Modo or Perseus. If you’ve already bought a suit for a single-player task then wear it on the date.

Although SoboHoe’s taste in activities seems low maintenance, don’t let that fool you—Carmen is high maintenance when it comes to cars and attire! Drive up in a muscle car (Carmen loves the Dukes) to impress. Once you have successfully tried your luck with SoboHoe, then you unlock her special ability. Carmen is a nurse after all (a fact she tells you over and over again) and can provide you with some "nursing" over the phone. Call Carmen and select "Health Boost".

Alex Chilton

Once you’ve access to the Internet, your email address, put a profile on love-meet.net in the story mission Out of the Closet, and unlocked all islands, get onto the "Web" and onto craplist.net. Choose to search through the "women seeking men" section and then click on "Party girl seeks man for NSA fun and blog material - 29". Read her profile and select "Contact Me" and check your email later for a reply from Liberated Woman.

Read her profile. She’s looking for someone rich. She claims to have a visionary sense of style. She writes a liberated woman blog on www.blogsnobs.org. Yikes. Alex prefers expensive attire (wear a suit from Perseus) and expensive sports cars. Be prepared to impress if you’re planning to take out Alex! The Grotti sports car place right near Alex’s place (corner of Pyrite and Bismarck) is a great source of expensive automotives.

Take Alex to the comedy club then the cabaret club next time. You’ll get lucky in no time. And once you have, you’ll unlock Alex’s special ability. She likes her dates to look good, if you want a discount at a clothes shop, give her a call! Open your phone, call Alex, and select "Clothing Discount".

Kate McReary

You first meet Kate McReary when you begin doing missions with her brother Packie McReary. Although Packie seems against a union between you and Kate, he soon warms up and encourages you to call his sister and show her a good time. Kate likes you for who you are so just wear your original clothes (or anything else from the Russian shop you bought from early in the game). Take her to play darts or pool and avoid the shows.