I don't know if it's just the values I was raised with, but I also expected to be married by the time I hit 25 (unless some guy sweeps me off my feet in the next five months, that's not going to happen!
) Ironically enough, a number of my friends here in California feel the same way, so I don't know if we're "exceptions" (because my perception is that Californians, at least So Cal-ers, aren't in any hurry to get married) or my view of Southern Californians' view of dating and relationships is skewed.
Maybe it's that buried Midwesterner inside of me
