Thanks for the encouragement everyone, I appreciate it very much. I know it takes quite a bit of time and practice to be able to play so I'll certainly keep at it.

I went back to the place I bought it today and they said that Fender does actually tend to make guitar's with narrower string spacing (if even only slightly) and since no two guitar's are built the same the one I have may in fact be a little tight. He showed me some other makes for the same price (and even one that was less) and as strange as it sounds they did seem to be a bit easier to play. I hear a lot that every make and model guitar feels different to different people so it could be a combination of both me being a beginner (which I know it's mostly) and the guitar I chose. I have 30 days to return it so I'll give it a little more time and if I don't start to feel more comfortable with it I can always exchange it.