To me, Friar Lawrence's concerns about the relationship between these two is that they are totally rushing into it. I think you can sum up his concern in the following line. It comes from Act II, Scene 3. He says to Romeo:
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
Friar Lawrence is concerned because up until this point, Romeo had been so hopelessly in love with Rosaline. The friar could not believe that Romeo could really fall in love with someone else so quickly. He counseled patience. Too bad they didn't listen to him... maybe they would not have died if they had taken it a bit slower.
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