There isn’t anyone who cannot agree with this. If the parents are not willing, then it is out of the question.
Although supporting a Serious Learner is a wonderful Zchus.
However, one cannot enter such an agreement if one does not have the financial means or doesn’t hold of this practice. It is wrong to enter merely based on outside pressure or society.
What bothers me is how he got into dating a girl for so long without being aware that the parents are not willing to support.
Did they mislead him, or was it the Shadchan?
Or was his asking price unreasonable?
i.e. 4 bedroom home w pool, Lexus lease, 1,000 tashen gelt per week. Idk, sounds weird.