forever adolescents

I ran across this story tonight talking about why more and more young men seem to be caught in a state of perpetual adolescence. One view presented is that it is marriage and kids that force men to grow up, however todays society allows young men to put off such a relationship until far into the distant future. The other view is that the marriage/family relationship in today's world carries enough negatives with it that young men are delaying it for as long as possible. I don't know what the answer is. I am a single male. On one hand I know that even though I am single I am much more mature than I was even a year or two ago. However, I also admit that there is a side of me that says since I'm not married I have a bit of a pass to act as immature as I want. I don't think I am avoiding marriage because of its negatives. However, I agree that some of the negatives of marriage have made me more discerning in who I enter into serious relationships with. When I read the story I instantly thought of Prof. Blanchard at South Dakota Politics. I seem to remember a class of his where we spent an entire semester discussing some of these same issues.