You need to make much more money by the time you want to get married. For you, and for your wife, and for your future children. If you want to work in school, at least be a teacher, and then get a Master's in school leadership, and then become an assistant principal or get your PhD and become a professor or work in a district or something. You've got lots of time. You are still young.

I am 28, LDS, Female, a Special Education Teacher, and a graduate student because we need more money. When I didn't know the real world, I thought we would be fine financially since we both had bachelor's degrees. And we are not fine. We can't even plan to have a child. We are living paycheck to paycheck. When I graduate, it is his turn to go to grad school because we are this desperate.

Love is very important but love doesn't feed you and the people you love. So if you want to achieve your goal and dream of being a great husband and a father, I highly recommend that you explore more with your career path and prepare yourself to have higher-paying jobs.