On my post, Contrasting "Juno" With My Own Domestic Infant Adoption Experience, Snafu Suz wrote the following comment:

As for the adoptive dad [in the movie “Juno” ], I think he got a bad rap in the movie. His wife accuses him of being immature and I don't think that was fair. He had a talent and passion for music and she discredits that by saying he wants to be Kurt Cobain. She basically runs the whole show and, as he says in one scene, his life is reduced to boxes in the basement. I felt sorry for his character when I think most people felt sorry for his wife. I think it's true that one person may drive adoption more than the other, but that's a bit different than steamrolling your spouse into doing something they really don't want to do. - Snafu Suz

I think her observations are accurate, but I would like to elaborate.