How many of you have them?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (92994)
United States
June 22, 2020 4:14pm CST
Oh, do I hate them. I am talking about student loans. They hang over my head, and I wish I could get rid of them. I wish I had a fairy godmother who would pay for them, but alas! That will not happen. I got a few Pell grants for college, and I worked through college, but you know it adds up. Add to that being in disability right now, and it doesn't feel good.
How many of you guys have them? Have some of you paid them off completely?
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26 responses
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
22 Jun 20
Sorry. No loans at all. My father was wealthy and planned all along that each of his three children would go to college and grad school.
My husband and I never had a problem affording private schools or Ivy League universities for our two sons, nor law school or grad school for the kids or ourselves. When I was a stay at home mom, things were a little tighter, but we managed. To us, a good education was a given. It paid off well for us all.
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@Juliaacv (51102)
• Canada
22 Jun 20
I have nieces and nephews that have student loans also.
I could not apply for a loan because it would have been based on my Dad's income, and he made too much. I saved and invested my money from a very young age, my babysitting money actually, and I cashed in those debentures when it came time to pay for my tuition. And of course back in those days, tuition wasn't near as over inflated as it is now.
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@RasmaSandra (80030)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jun 20
I was lucky when I went to university they gave a lot of special financial aid because my mom was my only parent and I never had any student loans,
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
23 Jun 20
My daughter and son-in-law hope to finally pay theirs off with some of the proceeds from the sale of their house. It has been way too long. You are about their age. I do not know when student loans got so expensive and became such a burden, they were not so high interest when I had them.
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@snowy22315 (180979)
• United States
23 Jun 20
Good God no, mine were paid in the 80's. It so absurd when these scammers call with the student loan pitch.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
23 Jun 20
I have no loans, I paid and continue to pay for the education of my 3 children. I got them college educational plans when they were very young and that sort of helps me now , my daughter ( second child) is going to college this school year.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jun 20
I do not, and I am glad I do not. I know those things can hang over a person's head for many many years. If I ever did go back to school, it would be a community type college with classes I'd pay for as I go.
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@LindaOHio (179153)
• United States
23 Jun 20
I never had any student loans. It's rough to pay them off.
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@friendlyneighbour (32)
• Indonesia
23 Jun 20
yes i had it.. it just i'm lucky to have some relatives helped me to pay it all...
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@just4him (317090)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jun 20
I got some good advice from someone on the bus one day. I wasn't thinking about going to college at the time. She told me if I ever went to college not to take the government loans to stick with Financial Aide. I took her advice and never had any student loans.
I'm sorry you have them hanging over your head.