Please do NOT rush into marriage...for any reason, but especially not for one as silly as a friend's mother's comment. There is a whole world out there for you to discover and lots of people to meet. Just in case you are worried about missing your chance, my lovely, dear DIL of 5 years just gave us our first grandchild 8 weeks ago (thus my name!) and my DDIL will turn 42 this week! Once you marry, hopefully it will be for a very long time...no need to rush into it.