And if Clark were the only person idealising her (or that number was less than 'pretty much everyone') I'd be fine with it. But, watching the show, I get the very strong impression that the writers (at least some of them) feel that infatuation themselves. Because we spend too much time with Lana for her to be as one-dimension as she is. What would have been neat would be to have Lana just as she is in scenes with Clark, but making her more realistic in scenes without him. Then, I'd actually believe that they were making a point.

Because while Clark may grow out of his infatuation, I have serious doubts about Al and Miles ever growing up (I have serious doubts about buying the dvds because I have heard creepiness about their commentaries).