@anikom15 I’m not a fan of Locke. I think it’s incorrect to disregard what may be culture and tradition regarding something like this. You can hold whatever views you wish, but your liking certain ideas does not give you the right to disregard that which is in opposition with the convictions you hold.
I’m guessing that it is cultural, as clearly, not working before marriage is extremely uncommon in the US. My inference isn’t some stab in the dark. (Your father wanting you to go to law school is not at all a direct comparison - again, false analogy). Of course it may not be cultural, but this does not make it unlikely that it is cultural.