I have always encouraged people to do their studies now (whatever age that is for a person). The sooner your into it the sooner it's over. I started studies at 34 and raised my salary by about $30,000 which is actually allowing me to date guys who were honestly out of my league before.

There are no guarantees when you could meet someone. I thought I'd be married already but big life circumstances happened for me that caused financial ruin. You can still have kids older but I definitely understand getting on with life now.

I think the best thing to do is to make a pros and cons list and discuss this with some close friends too. It's also way easier to meet men in school too vs OLD or IRL.

It's too difficult to predict when you will meet and marry another person. You could date for 3 years and it goes nowhere (worst case) or you could meet someone next week and be married within a year. Don't put life on hold to wait for marriage.