Hi Carol,
I'm sorry, but I've lost all patience with Clark.
He's not just acting like a teenager, he's acting like a sulky five-year old. He really is blaming Lois for all his problems, yet, as I said before, she didn't ask him to marry her.
Not only is he spiteful in not buying her a birthday present, he commits the cardinal sin of insulting her by attempting to make love to her and then calling her Lana! The fact that he's asleep doesn't excuse him, in my opinion, because his subconscious is only acting out what his conscious mind is brooding over.
He has to get over himself soon and start acting like a responsible teenager, if he can't be an adult.
Of course, what I'd really like to see in the next part is that the whole episode was Lois' dream and Clark really didn't act like a total lunkhead ... actually, in this case, lunkhead doesn't quite cover his behaviour.
As you see, Carol, you've really got me involved with this story, but I hope that fairly soon, I'll be cheering for Clark and not wanting to shake some sense into him.
Yours Jenni
