I've been told that the generally acceptable age proportion between two would-be sweethearts is calculated using half the man's age (CK:32/2 = 16) plus seven (16+7 = 23) to get the woman's minimum age (assuming the man is older than the woman). Lois is nineteen, almost twenty, but she's more mature than most nineteen-year-old women, so maybe it's not too much difference after all. We'll see where this goes from here, but so far the entire series has been a joy to read. Clark is helping Lois grow and learn and understand, and Lois is keeping him grounded (no pun intended) and in touch with humanity. It's very good that she seems to accept his powers as a given rather than an aberration. Keep it up, Bakasi!


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing