Do Men Ever Really Grow Up?

Do men ever grow out of being little boys?? This seems to have been a theme I keep crashing into over the last week. Let me explain:

I have an ex-husband, The Psycho who, although in his mid forties, is pushing this theme to it's limits. Before I carry on, I ought to confirm that I am not one of those "hurt-by-a-man-so-all-men-are-the anti-christ" type of woman. I'm currently in a very loving, caring relationship with D who happens to be of the male variety. So, The Psycho: I'm trying, desperately, to get a divorce. This really should be very simple as we have no children, no house, no financials between us and no pensions to quibble over. Where we are, either one of us can put paperwork into the local sheriff court and divorce should be granted - easy! Not if you happen to be The Psycho. Let's just say, he won't give me a divorce until something is settled that is fully his responsiblity and has no impact on divorce proceedings. Toys out of pram! He won't take my calls, he won't respond to emails and is currently sulking. Well, if he wants to behave like a child, so be it - I have decided to no longer pay him any attention as this is what he wants. I'm quite happy to sit out the five years that is required if needs be.

This theme hasn't ended though: what is it with boys and their toys??? D has an XBOX360, wii, playstation 2, game cube and has just bought a BIG tv - I haven't included sky with all the channels and the DVD player as I guess they're pretty standard these days. Ok, the tv looks great, but our old tv was still ok, still worked and wasn't in need of repair and actually isn't all that old. I was also chatting to a friend online and she mentioned that her other half was recovering from man-flu and was tucked up in front of his XBOX playing a game. In some respects, I really shouldn't moan - D is very tech savvy and when i'm on a marathon SITC run and the DVD player stops working, I just have to call out and he's there in his shining armour, ready to press a few buttons that I have trouble understanding! I also think my dad is finding his inner-little-boy - DB and hubby bought him a playstation for christmas and my mum cannot prise him of it as he's discovered car games. The funny thing is, he gets so irate at it until we gently remind him that it's "only a game"!

I suppose all men are different and are all little boys really still to some degree. I think I've learnt that sometimes it can be destructive (in the case of The Psycho) and at other times rather handy (in the case of D).