
I mean let me get this straight as a parent you would have been upset if Zoey had given up her DREAM for her boyfriend, but instead MC made the wrong decision to finish school (we're talking a few months) to not go to San Diego to see Zoey pursue her dream? going to San Diego with no money and nothing to do but wave to Zoey from the beach? a girl who has always rejected any "seriousness" in the relationship
maybe it's just me being weird, but that sounds like pure insanity to me.

would have been a completely insane choice, understandable in view of his young age, but it would still have been madness
by the time Mc finished school Zoey realised she didn't give a damn about the surf, spent all her grandmother's money and regretted not finishing her studies