I said it is money before matrimony!

The following is a quote from an article entitled "Talk Money before Matrimony"  June 3rd  section A
page four of the Schenectady Gazette.
"Ever since the beginning, I was like, you know, I'm going to have a lot of debt."    I would prefer to say, "Ever since the beginning, I said I would have a lot of debt."
  I am not sure if replacing the verb "to say" with a form of   "to be" followed by    "like"  will soon become standard English grammar.  I hope  not.  However, according to our assigned reading "Understanding English Grammar" the status of language changes according to its usage. So language changes especially if teachers, members of the university community,  and public figures speak this way.