1. He understands and supports this. He has some family pressure since he is older than me and is 29 (I am 25 and 6months old right now). Despite all this, he says he wants me to have the time to see and explore the world more. He says he is not in a hurry and wants me to complete my degree and get the feeling of earning my own bread.

2. So before i answer this I have to recount something in his past. His ex, she assured him that her family approved of him till the day he met her parents. They told him on his face that since the communities were different, he does not like him and even made fun of his parents. He says that after this encounter, slowly the ex also spoke of the same dissimilarities her father spoke of and so eventually broke up. Within two months, she married someone else. This happened three years ago. He told me that he would proceed only if my parents agree because he can take it if someone insults him but he does not want to put his parents through the ordeal ever again.