I know that perfect robot boyfriend here is Zero Nine from My Absolute Boyfriend, whom I also loved, but THE perfect robot boyfriend is Nam Shin III from Are You Human Too?.

My pick is the Vampire: if he bites me, I will be able to fly, and get to live forever!

Plus: even if he tried to become human, I would just bite him again and would have a super good-looking and funny companion for eternity.

Vampire!
I think they will be good apartment mates. If they do avoid going out in the sun, we could sit and watch kdramas and spazz together.
Also they seem strong and get work done. And won’t fall sick so I don’t need to worry about them.
A little blood donation might be ok if perks are good!

it depends on the state of the house really. If it is very old and run down then renovation will be hellish plus all kinds of permits, takes something like 15 to 25 years. lifelong commitment but I want to be free to go whenever.
robot for a boyfriend though - uh, no. whats the difference? Modern love is already robotic.

Of the two, Vampire House. First of all, you didn’t specify that I had to date the vampire. So, we could just agree to cohabitate. You know, share chores and have light conversations over breakfast…or, I guess, dinner, as that would be the meal that our differing sleeping schedules would allow.

As for a robot “boyfriend,” unfortunately, my reason and logic gets in the way. As much as I hate it when my life partner chooses to behave in ways that irritate me, I know that it is because of this same free will that they are able to truly love me authentically.

You had me at "inherit a house." The vampire part is not nearly a big enough obstacle to overcome my years of (so far, fruitless) fantasies of suddenly coming into fabulous real estate. Of course, in this fantasy, the real estate in question is not a dilapidated 1970s ranch in the middle of the desert or anything like that. It's a charming, pre-war apartment in Manhattan, or a Parisian walk-up in a historical building, or an ivy covered cottage in the Cotswolds. I'll inherit any of these, thank you, even with a vampire in the basement (or closet of an apartment, as it were).

In fairness, I do acknowledge that not all vampires are as innocuous as the one in "Heartbeat," and if he/she is more like the (mostly) soul-less villains of "Buffy" or "The Lost Boys," then I will have to have a survival plan. A special alarm system, garlic bouquets throughout the home, or padlocks on my bedroom door to keep me safe after sundown seem like a small price to pay for free real estate.

Plus, robot boyfriends are fine when trying to convince family and friends that you have a partner when you don't, but to actually try to date one would be deeply problematic. "Are You Human, Too?" is a great drama, but I was rooting for the bad human ML to reform by the end so the FL could make out with and be loved by an actual living, breathing boyfriend. There's also the problem (which relates to vampires, too) of getting older while your partner does not.

So again: vampire as part of inherited property (not boyfriend) wins!

You're asking me to pick a guilty pleasure partner between Yeo Jin-gu and Taec-yeon. In practicality, I'm going for Yeo Jin-gu. The idea of perfect itself is a thousand ✅. I'll teach it to love me. If there's the prospect of that the robotic partner doesn't breakdown should it end up humanizing, then the deal is sealed in stone.
But if you're asking me for a partner to flaunt that'll make heads turn...I'll go with vampires Taec-yeon and their his eternal youth.

On second thought robots, hypothetically have eternal youth in them too.

I would probably say neither based on the literal choices.
A vampire in the basement is like that relative who comes to visit but never leaves (sucking your wallet dry).
If it were to beta test the perfect robot girlfriend, eh, it would probably be high maintenance and full of malware.

My Y chromosome is less than enthusiastic about a robotic boyfriend. I'll take my chances with the vampire and hope for one like Kang Han-na's character in Bite Sisters. Otherwise, I can always move out or stock up on garlic, stakes, holy water...

How long will the test be? is that a beta version, or close to release ?
Who am I kidding ? I'm choosing to test the robot boyfriend. I'm sure he's very good with housechores. A vampire would have too much agency, and be a bad cook.

This was tough for me, but ultimately I went with the vampire. This is mainly because I think AI/technology will eventually have a hostile takeover of the world (Terminator, The Matrix, iRobot, etc) and I am not going to accelerate that apocalypse!

Vampire all the way - not only because power outages are a sad reality here lately (low battery boyfriend sounds awful), but also I'll finally have someone to spend time with during my insomniac nights (it's really NOT fun to be an only night owl in the whole family). House with a comfy basement as a bonus doesn't hurt either. Plus my hemoglobin level has always been high, so I can totally share a bit occasionally.

Does the vampire come with a boyfriend option too tho? Ngl I've always found this particular fetish a bit necrophiliac - dating someone with an even worse case of cold feet than me surely would be a challenge - but curiosity killed the cat, you know... This is an opportunity that cannot be missed! #forscience

I remember reading a book once (I think Mercy Thompson series?) in which the vampire will knock on the window to be invited inside the house. I got so scared that I could not face the windows while sleeping. Till date, I get those visuals in my head, and I read the book not very long time ago (I am 38).

Despite that selecting a vampire basement housing scenario seems to be a better choice for me. I am sure vampire will find a new house soon. Also financially a better choice even if I only get the land price.

Since I get attached very quickly, trial romance is a no-go.

I will never be able to wrap my head around the thought of dating a machine, regardless of how advanced it may be. I'd always have the thought at the back of my head that emotions were programmed into it, and that would make the entire thing fake. Which, now I think of it, would be an excellent if temporary solution to the fake SO trope.
In contrast, at least a vampire will have started out human. And if he's so devoted to me that he'd make me immortal, I'd have the time and his no doubt extensive financial expertise to get enough money to do everything I want to do: travel, shopping and all (yes, I'm materialistic, no, I'm not ashamed about it)...and if I ever reached the point where immortality began wearing on me, I think it would be far enough in the future that I wouldn't mind voluntarily ending it.

I'm in an introvert mood this week (can't wait for the weekend so I can just cocoon up in bed) and will go with the perfect robot boyfriend. Is it terrible of me to like the idea of powering him down when I need a break from social interaction.

I'd feel like a vampire will have a lot of annoying opinions and complaints, especially if we have opposite waking/sleeping schedules - like "why are you vacuuming at 10am? I'm trying to sleep in my coffin."

With options like Yeo Jin-Goo and Seo Kang-Joon, it’s robot for me!

I'd rather test the beta robot. I have never been attracted to old creepy manors and vampires are scary (what are the chances the vampire is good?).
But the robot could be very useful and probably harmless (and cute).

I would go with the house! I will make do with the Vampire (cute goofy vampires are right up my alley :D). Not only I am getting the house, I am getting a handsome flying vampire to do my killing....errr...cleaning I mean.

I admit that the robot boyfriends of kdramaland have been much more visually appealing than the vampires I've seen so far. BUT. Being reminded of how YJG's talents were absolutely wasted in Absolute Boyfriend fills me with so much rage I struggle to dissociate the conceptual question above from the drama. (I only watched a few episodes and skimmed several more, but that was enough to scar me for life.) In any case, if my robot boyfriend could engage in an in-depth exchange of ideas about whether the basic function of a romantic partner is to serve and support, people’s unwillingness to deal with real live humans and their imperfections and needs, and whether imperfections are part of what makes a person perfect for you, then bring him on. But he never does, damn him! He just wants to make breakfast. Which he can’t eat.

So, uh, yeah - vampire with real estate, definitely.

Vampire vs robot.... I was amazed how long it took me to decide. In the end, I thought the perfect robot boyfriend might be a delight to start with but then become heinously predictable and boring....