I don't think you'll find many parents that would be too excited about their 16 yr old child taking off to a different country with a vastly different culture in the name of love.
I don't doubt that both the girl and the boy felt that they were truly in love, but I also recognize that young relationships fail more often than they succeed.
If it really is love, they can stay in touch for the next two years until she's an adult. Two years is a small chunk of "the rest of your life".
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