A very mature post gomez and best of luck to you!
I was the same age as you but did the opposite!
Now I'm knee deep in it but no airline job yet. One marriage down and possibly one on the horizon! It's no laughing matter really and the strains placed on wannabes, their partners and families are very real. I enjoy my flying but sometimes I doubt whether I have the hunger to be ruthless with my ambitions at the expense of family and quality of life. I think scroggs is absolutely right about many professional pilots secretly wanting to fly for fun, where and when they want to!