Assalamualaikum - Going Through a Hard Patch (Revert)

Assalamualaikum, I value family and companionship a lot - honestly I can’t imagine life without a wife and kids, it feels empty to me. I make dua often that Allah SWT gives me the time and the means to reach that point and blesses me with a family. There’s a Muslim sister I’ve known for a while and we both expressed that we’d like to get married. Separately, each of us spoke to her parents about our intentions. They told us they’re not ready to support it right now. They want their daughter to focus on her studies and prefer she be the one to choose when the time comes. They said maybe we can discuss it again in the future. I decided to wait and try again in a couple of years (2–3). I’m already attached to the idea and I plan to be patient. For now I’m concentrating on my education and increasing my knowledge of Islam, and I can understand their point of view that marriage might not be ideal at the moment. What’s hard is trusting that their promise to revisit this will actually hold. The uncertainty is scary - I don’t want to invest years of emotion into something that might not materialize. I’ve heard stories of people hoping for the same thing only to have it fall apart and end up hurt. If anyone has been through something similar, or has advice on how to cope with this waiting period and manage expectations while keeping tawakkul, I’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts.