[Jersey Shortie]

I was just listening to a local radio station. The topic was about when men mature. There were alot of men that called up that were bragging about how they didn't mature until much later and how sometimes men never mature. These men seemed proud of themselves for it and like it should take men until they are will into adulthood before they started acting like adults. Now, to me acting like an adult doesn't mean you stop doing fun things. But it does mean you treat people with respect and grow up.

Now there were a few guys that called in that were in their 20s and said that they were mature and that they didn't understand why they shouldn't be. They said some of their friends still live at home and don't want to grow up.

Here is my question, why do men think that not "maturing" or not maturing until later in life is something to be proud of or something that women should think is attractive? If I had a choice between a mature man in his 20s and one that took until his 40s to mature, I would rather take the 20 year old mature one! Maybe this is part of the issue with society? That both men and women today don't want to be "mature". That to be "mature" is a dirty word for both genders?

I don't want to turn this into a thread about older men dating younger women. There are plenty of those. THis is just about maturity in men and why these men were proud about them not being mature. I personally didn't get the men calling in that sounded proud of their immaturity or their refusal to grow up. Do you think men today are more or less mature? Do you think our societies general "all about me attitude" as made us better or worse? I am open to the topic of women's lack of maturity. But if you want to talk about the lack of maturity in women, please start a different thread. This hsould just be about the men.

I also have another question for men. Do you evulate and judge other men by their maturity or lack of? Is your respect for other men based on that or other factors? Also, have other poeple experience this mind-set where men seem to be proud of their inability to be mature? Lots of questions here.