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 had to laugh when I saw this article because my mom and dad were married when they were 33 and 44, exactly the age difference in the article.
Folding@Home
That reminds me, who has the ping list for that? I keep my system plugged in all the time now, and it could used to turn a few kernels over, or whatever the expression is.
How does the military use the PS3 to train soldiers?
I think we were both thinking alike.
Well.... I meant ‘imply’, not ‘comply’, but I guess your brain must have ‘autocorrected’ it.
Just proves that the Mind SEES what it thinks should be there, and HEARS what it THINKS was said.
I have a little test I give to people who insist that they SEE what they SEE. All of them ,so far, have failed the test.
I read your comment to my husband. He didn’t laugh when I said “fart.” I think I’ll keep him. : )
LOL Sounds like a keeper to me too, :)
I've YET to find a man of any age who still doesn't think farting is funny.
I GET it, we're pigs.
And I'd wager that if a 90 year old man could eat fast food and race cars, he would.
Uh... are we allowed to use the word “denigrating” anymore?
Apparently I’m immature-squared. I swear to God, just reading “finding humor in farts and burps” makes me laugh just by itself.
No woman has ever lived to that age yet.
That’s the whole point of feminism. Destroy men and have them replaced with the state. The government is now to be the proper “husband” for women.
And I know you meant imply instead of comply. Once in a while I get a case of patience. :)
That is in England—In Texas Men Mature at 17.
That post, #2, should of ended the thread!
i don’t trust any study on men where women get to define what men are or aren’t. that’s just pop-culture bitching being passed off as valid science.
“4. Driving too fast or racing other cars”
guess i’m still maturing, but what the hell, i’m only 76 years old!
;-)
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