My guess is her parents were prob not happy with the 25 year old boyfriend at first, and also possibly would have liked her to have more ambition and do something with her degree, but I imagine she is a control freak (tied into her ED) and there is a fair bit of tippy toeing and keeping the peace that goes on around her by them. They were probably just happy someone had taken her off their hands - and seeing as she's sooooooo happy with This Guy and he keeps her in a lifestyle she and her parents find acceptable and she gets to live around the corner from them, then it's probably all good in their eyes now. I actually think he comes across as a pretty normal, straightforward kind of guy in most respects, but I cannot get my head around a 25 year old seeing there is anything right in getting together with a 15 year old - no matter how "mature" for her age she might have seemed! One thing is for sure, she might have been mature beyond her age at 15, but she has not evolved into being (emotionally) mature now or even have the ability to function independently as an adult. Despite her smoke and mirrors wealth and having traveled more than most people her age, her life seems completely vacuous and she comes across so entitled and unfulfilled, coveting lifestyles of other people, barely just enjoying one dreamy moment before she's searching for the next.