smartz – I have friends who married at 23, 24, 25, 33, 34 and 35. And later.
And I have friends who married younger, but didn’t have kids until later. much, much later.
And I have friends who married young, had kids right away, but couldn’t afford their own home for many, many years.
And the waiting period for all of them was painful.
We always seem to to trying to “catch up” to those around us. That makes it even more painful than it has to be.