Wonder if there would have been any difference at all if the girl didn't have a look on her face like she wanted to die and didn't say anything the entire time.
If she looked happy and would tell people she loved him and asked her parents to let them be together, I would have been curious to see the reaction...
Likely lots of "OMG, you don't know what decision you are making because you are just a child", but perhaps less pushing and pulling and more conversation at least.