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[quote=Anonymous]First, keep the wedding small. My brother and his wife had a courthouse ceremony with just immediate family followed by lunch at a beautiful restaurant and then we went back to my parents' home for cake and gifts. It was a lovely day and they were just as married as if they'd done the bigger wedding I did. Even at my big wedding I recall thinking at the rehearsal dinner that I'd have been happy if we just did the ceremony there with all the most important people.

2nd you can have a baby or two in a 2-bedroom apartment. At your ages, I wouldn't put that off too long. The biggest consideration is childcare but that is, fortunately, time-limited.

In this market, the buying-a-house part is really the hardest but not really necessary for a good life. If it is something really important to you, you might have to consider picking up and moving to a more affordable city (FWIW, my young adult nieces live in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads area and all own homes with generally working class jobs) or to an outer suburb and managing a long commute.[/quote]

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