Reality bites
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Every girl dreams about her wedding day. It may be a fancy frilly affair with 500 guests or it may be a quick trip to the local judge, but every girl has given at least a miniscule bit of thought to how they'd like their wedding day to be (or whether they even want one).

Buttercream dreams aside, the reality is that with most of us pushing our wedding dates out to our early 30s, we have increased our responsibilities, and therefore financial loads. Our aging parents are looking to retire, many of our mortgages are interest only, and some of us are still paying off or are accruing new student loans.

For those who got married in their early 20s, they were restricted by limited budgets due to careers still in their infancy and lack of time otherwise dedicated to the pursuit of graduate studies.

There is no *perfect* time to get hitched. The joining of two families will always have its associated financial burdens, relationship and communication tussles, and take up way more time and effort than you expected as you juggle the rest of your life with your third hand. There will always be a job to put on hold, a project to interrupt, or something else in life to put a bump in the road.

Something tells me though, that the start of a new life together more than compensates for the trouble experienced while picking out the perfect shade of silver so as to not incense your bridesmaids.