about being a bride in your 30s?

My grandmother, I love her so, has made few comments.  She's said "It's about time."  "I thought you were never getting married."

Anyone else?

Hi Tiffany, my parents had pretty much given up on me getting married, because I would always say I wasn't ready so they were happy when I got engaged. When I told my aunt that I was engaged she said "better late than never", I didn't take it personally because I had always heard comments like this from the women in my family telling me my time was running out (this was in my late 20s) I would just respond that I was not about to settle & then end up divorced. I think it's the perfect time! We are both sure of ourselves, know what we want & what we don't & there is less game playing.

FI and I have been dating for 6 years so I've been getting the questions for a while. The worst is my gyno who I had to visit recently who gives me the 15 minute lecture about how I need to have kids immediately or risk not being able to. I'm sure there's truth to that but I'm not going to have kids before I'm ready just to make her feel better. Ugh!

Akay - That is horrible.  Look at Nicole Kidman having a baby at 42.  I don't think there's any rush.  I always thought I would have kids before 30 but it didn't work out that way.  As it stands right now I'll probably be about 36 when we have a baby.

I personally agree with you, Verdes, that our 30s are a great time to get married.  We know ourselves better and are secure in our own skin.  Looking back I don't think I could have gotten married in my 20s.  I was too silly and crazy.

not really but we have had a few relatives ask how long we are going to wait to have children since we AREN'T getting any younger....it is kind of annoying.

Not so much about being 30, but just that it was about time because DH and I dated for almost 7 years. 

Of course, my mother did believe that if my 30th birthday came and I wasn't married with children, the world would end!!

I got it more from my mother than anything else.  But like verdes, I wasn't about to settle either.  My MOH likes to say I kissed a lot of frogs to find my prince.  Looking back....she is absolutely right, lol!!

My mom has never said anything about getting married and having kids. But the people who make comments are the outsiders; so called friends, and coworkers. I guess everything goes down hill once you hit 30?!

No, but all my friends know that I will KARATE CHOP them in a heartbeat if they say something inane as that to me.

As for the family if any of your grandparents, parents were born in the 20's thru the 50's they're most definitely going to say something like that. It's totally just there way of thinking unfortunately.

Early last year I said something about wanting tulips as my flowers (which didn't happen, but oh well), and she was like "but that means you won't get married until next spring...your clock is ticking".  DH and I weren't even engaged then.  I about died!