Just the other day, my boyfriend turned to me in the car and asked, “what’s with our generation and the fear of growing up, getting married and having kids?”

Although the term “our generation” is rather loosely defined, the statistics are crystal clear. We are waiting later and later to get married, and even later to have kids. Have we become so “into ourselves” that we have no time for spouses and offspring?

The answer? Probably.

A new study claims that not only have we become too self-involved and career focused for marriage and children, we’ve now even given up on raising puppies!

In an online survey, Flexcin International asked approximately 1,250 pet owners nationwide between the ages of 21-30 what kind of dog they would prefer to adopt: a puppy or an adult.

Everyone loves puppies. They’re cute, and sweet, and small, and you could just eat them up, right?

Wrong. 61 per cent said they would rather adopt an older dog instead of a little puppy!

Why? The majority of those asked, 89 per cent, said that they didn't have the time or patience to care for a new puppy due to their demanding careers. Even more shocking, more than half of the people who were surveyed, a mind-blowing 54 per cent, said they are either presently choosing, or would choose, to have a dog over a child because they can’t take time away from their lives to meet the needs of a baby!

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