Beyond Borders' posts have been great here.
Just to add one angle that I haven't seen addressed, aside from the "getting the hottest woman you can" one: I couldn't imagine having settled down at 25 with a wife and kids because it would just be so limiting in life options. Most men only hit their stride professionally, physically, and emotionally, in their late 20s. My mid/late 20s were years I spent moving country multiple times, working different jobs, experiencing different parts of the world, and using all of my time off to travel a shitload. You can't really do that properly at a younger age because you're too poor and under-qualified (and/or likely tied down to one location in university), and can't do it after raising kids, in your 50s, because your energy levels just won't be there - and because its not easy jumping from job to job at that age.
If you get married, settle down and have multiple kids by age 25 you just aren't ever going to get half the travel, life experience, career development etc done. But by doing all that first, you can still very easily start a family at 35 or 40 and get the family experience as well. But you'll be a far more grown up, well traveled, life experienced, high earning man when you're raising your family.
Just to add one angle that I haven't seen addressed, aside from the "getting the hottest woman you can" one: I couldn't imagine having settled down at 25 with a wife and kids because it would just be so limiting in life options. Most men only hit their stride professionally, physically, and emotionally, in their late 20s. My mid/late 20s were years I spent moving country multiple times, working different jobs, experiencing different parts of the world, and using all of my time off to travel a shitload. You can't really do that properly at a younger age because you're too poor and under-qualified (and/or likely tied down to one location in university), and can't do it after raising kids, in your 50s, because your energy levels just won't be there - and because its not easy jumping from job to job at that age.
If you get married, settle down and have multiple kids by age 25 you just aren't ever going to get half the travel, life experience, career development etc done. But by doing all that first, you can still very easily start a family at 35 or 40 and get the family experience as well. But you'll be a far more grown up, well traveled, life experienced, high earning man when you're raising your family.