My wonderful neice just got married this summer to a great guy from one of the nicest families I've met in a while (they're a wonderful Mormon family, I think the first that I know of related to ours by marriage in a long time.) At any rate, they dated since the beginning of high school and they waited long enough for her to get to her last year of studies before tying the knot. She did an internship in London and they got married about a month or so after her return. She's brilliant, has had four books published at this point and she's about 23. He's quiet and the kind you just trust, a rock-solid type individual and if you spend any time with his family you know it's justified. I was impressed with them a great deal.
Some people know, but others? It's all subjective to the individuals involved, I guess. Maybe the lady in the article had issues within one of them finishing college? Maybe he's not as into it as she thinks, and that may be more of the situation just as you two suggest.
I tend to agree with you on that point.
The differences that I noted between your niece and this 26-year old is that your niece and friend had defined their relationship and weren't just drifting and vague. They had goals and timetables. I didn't notice that with the woman in the article. There could be extenuating circumstances as you noted.
I think we're agreed.