Did I mention I’m getting married? At the grand old age of 30, my nuptials are coming a good few years later than I expected in my younger days. After all, my parents got married at 23, moved in straight away to a flat they owned, and produced a child at 25 plus three more by their early 30s.

Me? I moved back home when I got my first full-time job after university, moved back home again after two years of postgraduate study and work abroad, and didn’t leave the family nest for good until I was 28 and had bought my own flat.

I’m less of a disappointment to my peers than to my parents. According to the Office for National Statistics’ annual Milestones report, published this week, the average age of first marriage in the UK is 32. When my parents married in 1987, it was 25.

Many of the major “milestones” come later in life for my generation, which is largely to be celebrated. More of us are spending longer in (although vastly more money on) education. We’re older when we tie the knot and have our first child, partly because women are increasingly pursuing higher education and ambitious careers.