Balance work and family

Sabrina is a single, 29-year old woman struggling with the issue of family and career. "I am thinking about going to pharmacy school, and you know it takes 6 years to finish pharmacy school. Do you think it's too late, or people do this kind of thing? Actually, I don't want to be single by the time I'm 35-36, but I see many women that delay relationships and marriage for the sake of their education and jobs. I would like a loving family, but I have the impression that if you decide to study something like pharmacy, you don't have time for anything else like dating and family? Please help me decide," she writes.

The good thing about modern America is that you can do literally anything at any age. Plus, you do not have to wait to finish your pharmacy program to get married. You can get married while you are a student and continue your education.

In any case, if you want to wait to get married till you finish the program, yes, I agree it will be late because by that time all good guys are already married (since you are not in a relationship right now, this is important) or very few single men left. A woman's fertility also drops in her late 30s and is much harder to get pregnant in your 40s in case you decide to enjoy a few years of your marriage without children. But if you like pharmacy and think that you would love to have a career in that, then go ahead and do it - I am sure that you will find some guy in the meantime and get married while you are still a student. Yes, it is hard to have a husband and children and also go to school but many women do it and so can you.