"I do" but at what cost?!

I recently went to a wedding reception of this girl; we both go to the same church. She had a court wedding and had a reception later. I won't go into details of the wedding because I am very embarrassed for her. Not that I am judging, well I'm lying I probably am. Some people would say it doesn't matter how big your wedding is as long as love is there. However, throughout the reception, a saw a few red flags. 1) This girl met the now husband a few months ago, had a wedding set up for later this summer but decided that was too long and opted for the court wedding instead. 2) the husband had no family, friends present at the wedding; the only "friend" that was there was his roommate that he moved in with a few months ago. Now, I don't know the details for their life but why was no one there to support him, not even one family member!!! Anyway, it just left me puzzled as to why a young 22 yr old would rush into marrying this guy she barely knows, with all the red flags flying, just to accomplish her dream of marrying and starting a family young. She has aspirations of going to med school and she may still accomplish them, but in my opinion I don't see it happening. I know she doesn't have a family here and  did not have a solid home, and all this could have influenced her decision. It could even be that she was in love, I don't know.

I know back when I was younger, I had planned to be married by 26 and starting my family. That was back in the day. Now that I am grown, I realize how much my life choices have changed. I still want to get married, have kids and live "happily ever after" but right now I am enjoying being independent, establishing my career, and being emotionally, financially, physically and mentally stable before I can consider marriage life. My grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts all married young but a lot has changed since then. Our generation does not get married until later on in their lives. One thing I still want is to have kids before I'm 30 and for all that know my age would tell me the clock is ticking fast Lol. However, I am in no rush. I want to find the right man first, one who I can see myself with forever, before I even contemplate having kids. I know God has a great plan for me so whenever it starts unfolding, I will eagerly accept it. As for now, I am young and plan on enjoying my life to the fullest.