<human>: Hi /advice.
I'm in a bit of an odd place here. I'm 17, and my girlfriend is 20. I was an extremely early bloomer and function on a more mature level than most my age. She didn't even hit puberty until 16.

Anyhoo, we have been extremely close friends for about 4 years, my best friend for the last year, and my girlfriend for 6 months now. I'm completely head over heels in love with her and she with me. Our relationship is fantastic and I wouldn't change a thing. We've never had more than a minor argument and are incredibly in sync. I would really consider marrying her if we were older.

However, I am moving to Seattle for college next year. She works at a relatively well paying job (~$40,000/yr) and has raised the possibility of moving out with me.

But.

Having read some peoples thoughts on the predicament (obviously a very common one) I'm starting to come to the conclusion that it might not be such a great idea for us to stay together for the duration of my 4-6 + years in college.

I love her more than anything in life and know that a breakup would hurt like hell for the both of us, but I don't want to get married or heavily committed to a person until later in life.

What should I do? Is it possible to stay happily together through college? I don't want to break up with her yet with a whole year ahead of us. How do I handle this so that I don't hurt her?

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: In love with my girlfriend, moving away to college, possibly need to break up, don't want to do it yet.