1. You can see a couple of examples of the 先 / 再 construct in this lesson:

a. 为什么麦克不先告诉小李再去买戒指呢

b. 嗯,所以他们应该先到别的地方旅行再考虑要不要搬到那边住.

2. Notice the use of in 你会觉得他们之前在一起的时间都浪费掉了吗? You can think of its use here as meaning “losing wasted time”.