Princess Kate waited, so it's ok to not rush

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it makes sense - the younger you are, the more irrational and impulsive your behavior.  but marriage and life-long committment isn't based on irrationality and impulsiveness, and it can't survive for long that way.  it's based on compatibility and friendship and trust and loyalty, qualities that tend to be recognized and appreciated later in life when you've actually experienced life.  zoe ruderman, the writer of this article, puts it best:

Yes, I know they called her Waity Katie, but I think at least some part of Katie was making the choice to waity. She knew that exchanging vows before she and Wills were both ready would be a bad idea. And I bet there was a lot she still wanted to do before becoming Mrs. Windsor. And I'm with her—I want to check off a few more things on my life to-do list before becoming a married woman. Travel, moving up in my career, adding a bit more to my savings account, finally learning how to cook a Thanksgiving meal.

And it's not just the single girl bucket list.

I fully believe the studies that claim getting hitched in your early twenties ups your risk of divorce. As Cosmo explained in an article, "the more years of higher education a woman has under her belt on her wedding day, the lower the chances that she’ll get divorced...and by 25, you’re more likely to have earned a degree or two". An expert goes on to say, "Educated women tend to be more confident about who they are and less willing to settle for a man who doesn’t meet their standards."

so the next time someone asks me about my as-yet-to-be-discovered boyfriend, i'll just say: "Kate Middleton waited until she was almost 30, and look at her - she snagged a prince!"