When your other half wants kids and a holiday and you want a fATPL and a airline job it's not a case of having the approval from them.
Looking at the ages of most people undertaking their commercial training and spending upwards of £40k on training are in their late 20's early 30's. Most girls I have spoken to have said they'd like to settle down by 30 and have kids in their early 30's
... I've told my other half not to expect a marriage by the time she's 30. I have my own place and doing my best to save every penny toward training, she blows her money on shopping and doesn't have her own place.
I wouldn't want to give my partner false hopes of settling down any time soon and that is the only reason I've told her. And as I said before if I need to travel to the other side of the world to take the next step up the ladder then I will be off (with or without her) ... Might sound a little harsh but that's life.
If she decided she wanted to leave me now while she's 25 then that's a sacrifice I'm willing to take.