I really do stress the importance of getting college done and at least almost done with a masters program BEFORE getting married!! I tell the boys all the time "We'll HELP you...get it done! It's hard after you already are married and have a family!"
Steve only had one year of college when we got married...he was 30 years old, I was 28. We got married in Dec...he started back to school in January. Went SOLID for three years and got his bachelors. I love the story. He graduated in August, interviewed for a job in Sept. got the job in October and I was pregnant by November. LOL
But I was 32 by the time I had the baby...36 when I had Joshua. Here we are in our early 40s still struggling with school and finances...we're way behind.
We'll be ok, but I sure am gonna impress on my kids to GET IT DONE EARLY!!!
Oh! You give me hope! *hugs*
You're not the only one behind. I was 23 and hubby 25 when we got married...waited 3 years before having a child...and it seems like life itself has eaten up everything. Im not going to worry though. I really think it will help her sense of independence if she is forced to try and find ways to pay for her education...then it will be something she knows she had accomplished on her own and not given to her by someone else...I say this based on my own coddled history/experience...