8 Things Men Do to Blow a Romance :

OK, ladies. We all know men are a necessary evil. As the saying goes: We can’t live with them and we can’t live without them. But goodness, the asinine things that these boys do can lead you to believe that men aren’t really from Mars -- they’re from hell!

But dating really is fun, isn’t it? I mean, let’s face it. Our smug married friends may be just that -- smug. But aren’t they the ones who want to live vicariously through you? Even in a “happy” marriage, they want to hear all about the excitement of the first date to relive that thrill of expectation as you dab some perfume at the base of your neck and try on that new slinky blouse.

Unfortunately, however, the dating landscape is often pitted with time bombs that boil down to the stupid things that men do to just blow it. Here’s eight of them.

1. He kisses like a frog! The slinky blouse worked well and he’s standing on your doorstep. It’s time for the first kiss -- complete with that moment of anticipation of being swept away in a Harlequin romance embrace -- until he feverishly jams his tongue down your throat or, maybe even worse, feebly rubs his lips against yours. Passion stuck in a rut? Your diet has a powerful effect on your sex drive. Maybe it’s time to shift gears and let eDiets help you keep your engine revved up! Click here for a free diet profile.

2. He is actually a pig! How about the guy who says he wants to see the elaborate ceiling molding in your living room you described over dinner (yeah, he said he loves decorating, too) -- but then you find out he had other "moldings" in mind to handle. Where do they get off thinking they can get any on the first date?

3. He drinks like a fish! That is, of course, if after consuming a bottle of wine over dinner and then four after-dinner cognacs he even remembers you mentioned ceiling moldings. While we all like -- and maybe need -- to have a drink or two on the first date, there’s something to be said about watching someone down booze like water.

4. He babbles too much! Sometimes it’s hard to even get a word in edgewise over dinner. Have you ever had the first date where your guy talks about his colon problems, tells you too much cheese gives him gas or describes his ex-girlfriend's turn-ons in bed? Uh, hello, there is such a thing as too much information.

5. He keeps you hanging! So, say you make it to a fifth date, only to realize it is truly a pattern that he just doesn’t know how to plan. He calls on Fridays at 7 p.m. to say, “So, what’s up tonight?” Doesn’t he know that if you’re single you’re damned sure to have plans by then?

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