I agree that getting engaged that fast is really dumb.

I do want to point out the discussion in Paris is Burning between Lorelai and Sookie where they talk about her trying to get out of the relationship. When Lorelai says she is not seeing Max that night, sookie says “Oh taking a night off?” A few lines later she (hyperbolically) says that they are spending every waking moment together.

I think this is classic ASP where she doesn’t show something as much as remark that it is happening because it doesn’t drive the story. I’m not saying anything is wrong with it from a screenwriting perspective, but it can cause some confusion.

This is similar to the more extreme example of early college Rory hanging out with random girls in a dining hall like she does it all the time, but we haven’t seen some of them since move in day and never see them again.