How do you get a girlfriend in Pokemon SoulSilver?

U must be a male to get a male and a female to get a female

Ignore that. ^^^ Cause that is a lie. My character is female and I did not get a starter female. To get a female starter pokemon, you must be really lucky because female starters are rare to get. You can either spend hours looking up cheats or try to look up hints. Either way, it's not gonna be easy.