If you're put off by dating, just be glad you're not a male nursery spider:

Some male spiders pay the ultimate price for a few moments of pleasure when the female devours them after mating. Even worse, some males are eaten before they have the chance to mate.

To overcome this problem the nursery spider has devised a strategy of offering his thumbnail-sized mate a love-token, such as a dead insect.

But after presenting the gift the male immediately feigns death and collapses at her feet.

And as she becomes preoccupied with sinking her jaws into the insect treat, the male revives, creeps under her and begins copulating.

I think I'll stick with flowers. Most of the women I know hate bugs.

Man, those male Nursery Spiders are smooth operators. Lots of good ideas there--wish I'd thought of one.

> I think I'll stick with flowers. Most of the women I know hate bugs.

Maybe you tried the wrong kind of bug? I know some women who are very fond of bugs that are several million years old and encased in amber.

Then there are the big red ones found in tanks at seafood restaurants. :-)