I have such a hard time believing that it is Lois who is the problem and who prevents Lois and Clark from getting together in LnC.
Oh! At last I know what's behind your FDK on Don't Go Away!!! Trust me, it really gave me a sleepless night.
I think looking at it from your POV, it all seems crystal clear! Clark's the skirt chaser and Lois is the embodiment of fidelity.
Whereas, here Lois is the experienced one (even though it's only what? once? twice?) and Clark's the one saving himself for her.
But the thing about Lois in LNC is :
1. She *is* honest (except for little white lies that make her so adorable)
2. She is *not* stupid (you should see her giant leaps of logic)
3. And the blind spot she has when it comes to Clark/Superman is just that - a blind spot! Maybe because she desperately wishes for Superman to be that one flawless man she'd placed on a pedestal in her heart. ( She *does* almost find out when she's under the effect of the pheromone!)
4. And Lois is not a *pants-chaser*

(as opposed to skirt-chaser, how else do I call it?

) - in fact, she's so wary of men that she trusts only Perry and probably Jimmy, at first.
And though they did mess up (at least that's what I think) during the final few episodes, the whole show was sort of romantic! I mean there are only a few guys who really and truly fall head-over-heels in love with a woman.
And Lois in LnC was good, quite good.
But all this makes me suspect something, Ann. Have you watched LnC completely? I mean at least the major episodes?