Don't Put Off Marriage Until You're Debt

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For all the cultural norms that Gen Z has blown up , they agree marriage remains life's most important milestone. At least, that's according to a study from The Knot , which this year asked Gen Zers about whether they value things like marriage, buying homes, and having children. (The Knot, of course, has a vested interest in the relevance of weddings, so maybe take that finding with a grain of salt.) The majority of those polled ranked marriage at the top of the list, even if this generation tends, on average, to be marrying later than those that came before.

But zillennials also tend to have more economic barriers than those older demographics did