Groovy film but...

He was too irresponsible!

Alan Bates' character said to Georgy that he felt almost suicidal (i.e. with the responsibilities of home & child).

His character was only slightly more responsible than the Meredith character who abandoned her baby after birth.

But Georgy here grows from late adolescent to adult, as she saves herself a slow grief by cutting it off with the charming loser Jos.

Hi moviegurl,

Its just an opinion but I felt Josh (Alan Bates) could not stay with Georgy because he did not want the kind of "involvement" Georgy wanted. I don't think he could see himself as a father or in a closed relationship.
I guess its the reason why I can relate to him. I run a mile when things start smelling of commitment, I know its not the way everyone thinks but its made me content.
Thanks for a great thread.