Posted on 06/11/2013 5:11:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A British study has identified the age at which men finally grow up -- and it's 43.
That's 11 years later than their female counterparts, according to research commissioned by Nickelodeon UK.
Men demonstrate their immaturity by being amused at farts and burps and playing video games, among other things, said women who participated in the survey.
Not being able to cook simple meals, re-telling the same old stories and jokes when out with the boys, and owning a skateboard or BMX were also high on the list.
Nickelodeon UK released the results in support of its launch of a new program called Wendell and Vinnie, which features a 30-year-old bachelor who suddenly becomes the legal guardian of his precocious 12-year-old nephew.
"As a man, especially one who works for a children's channel, the question if men ever reach maturity is one I am well accustomed to," said Tim Patterson, Nickelodeon's director of programming. "However, as the characters Wendell and Vinnie show in our new program, a difference in maturity between two people definitely makes for an amusing partnership."
Men don't dispute their immaturity. A quarter of the men surveyed described themselves as actively immature, and both mean and women agreed that women mature much, much sooner.
Three in 10 women surveyed said they and ended a relationship because they found a man too immature, and eight in 10 believed men "never stop being childish."
On the bright side, almost one-third of those surveyed believed a little immaturity can be an asset when bonding with children.
The survey found the top five maturity failings among British men to be:
1. Finding humour in their own farts and burps
2. Eating fast food in the wee hours
3. Playing video games
4. Driving too fast or racing other cars
5. Snickering at rude words
I’m 50 and do all five. I also have been married 30 years, am a veteran, have never been unemployed a day in my life, and my entire police record consists of 4 speeding tickets (if they keep those on record for life).
The female/socially-acceptable version of maturity is overrated. Men are mature when they are comfortable with themselves which is an aspiration that few women will ever claim. If a bunch of academics aren’t happy with that and can’t understand that, tough!
You mean like our pResident ? Or Hillary ? Or any of our Federal overlords ?
Man Stroke Woman: Uncle Jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpYEGHuXHmk
Uncle Jack (Nick Frost) takes his 12-year old nephew (Sonny Rooney) out on an blind date, makes him drive home because he’s too drunk, takes him to a strip club on his birthday, buys him a carton of cigarettes, gambles with his charity money and finally takes him home after a night out at the club.
Amen!
Willis Carrier invented air conditioning at the age of 26 in the year 1901 or thereabouts, as I remember.
Can you imagine a 26-year-old in this society having the maturity and ambition to carry out such a feat today? I exclude inventions related to computers since they appeal to the nerds which exhibit the same lack of maturity.
Men want women, women want money.
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Of course we women want money. How else can we afford to buy beer and peanuts for the old fart stuck in his armchair, Come on now~ ;P
Hillary is vicious, old, fat, ugly, and stupid. But she is not mature.
At about the same time men stop chasing young women in pursuit of casual sex:
When they realize that superficially pretty things can't cure emptiness.
Right about the time that they figure out that their penis has a hole in it so their brain can get enough air.
According to my single friends its the women who want the casual sex these days. Have had several divorced friends (males) tell me they were dumped because they didnt put out soon enough.
Yeah huh. I live by The Peter Pan Priciple: I’m never going to grow up!
So somebody tell the 32 year old women to stop looking for 25-28 year olds and set their eyes on 43 year olds...
At 36 my husband still tries to dare me, at least once a week, into seeing if I can touch my elbows behind my back. This will stop at 43?
Men will always be immature as long as women get to define maturity as behaving the way women think men should behave.
Please don’t confuse maturity with a developmental disorder.
LOL... your friends need to graduate from locker room tales. “I’m tellin’ ya, man... she wanted it... she wanted it BAD!”
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