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I dated this girl for a while but have since broken up. One thing that scared me away from her was the amount of debt she had. She had $80,000 in private school loans to pay off.
Would you keep dating somebody knowing they had this kind of debt?
Nope. I've paid off too much for others already in my lifetime. Gotta carry your own weight if you want to be with me.
The only debt I care about is commercial debt. Education is in my opinion the most worthwhile investment somebody could make (providing they're using the education they've received as a tool). Say somebody's got $80K in educational loans for undergraduate and graduate degrees...I don't find that particularly unlikely or unreasonable. I'd be much more concerned about the person who's sunk $80k into a luxury car and nonessential credit card purchases. The latter seems to me to be much more clearcut evidence of poor judgment.
I don't get my some people here are so ignorant. If you really do love someone, then you will help him/her with the debt/problems to manage money. Man, it's not just about money. Sorry, but not everybody has rich parents who pay your way through College. She invested in her future - good for her!! And no, I'm not saying one should pay off his/her debt, but if you really love someondy you will support that person in any way you can. Maybe College grads should not date people without a degree
I've always had perfect credit and no debt, so to want to possibly marry someone with that isn't sound in my book. There are extenuating circumstances, of course--but as a general rule, no.
I don't think educational loans equal "bad credit," necessarily, providing you've taken on your repayment responsibilities as agreed, and have not gone into default.
I have a degree that I paid cash for. No loans. Granted, it's only a two year degree...but it's still a degree.
Then I'm sure you realize that there are those who would look down on what they consider to be an inferior degree, just as there are those who clearly look down on those who took out things like Federal Direct and Perkins loans to finance four-year degrees.
It's also always amusing to me that there are people who would not bat an eye at a car that costs $17K and would not consider it a foolish expenditure, but would consider the same amount borrowed to fund an education to be foolhardy. Crazy world, and crazy priorities, indeed.
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