waited
If you think about it the reason why that was was because she was very inexperienced for her age and he had just gotten out of the military. He wanted to make sure what he felt was real and not just a lust for the cute thing he was forced to share an apartment with... something he couldn't do in all earnist with her in his face. As far as his fear for her part. He wanted to make sure just any man wouldn't do. After all she had never left home before or dated seriously.
Have to agree with "not really." The fact that they were mature about marriage certainly isn't regular Harlequin fare, but makes a lot of sense. People thinking like this make for the couples that don't put money in the pockets of divorce lawyers.
realllyyyy cute, but they wated 2 months to get back together (hust hust) took them longgg to realice that they are a match mate in heaven LOL