How much debt is too much?

bluegrassgrl
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:40:59 +0000

I am so sorry you are stressed. I think with just a few exceptions most of will or are going through that.
I have a few examples in my family to look at- maybe it will help you.

My cousin went to a small liberal arts college and accumulated $80,000 in debt. She then went to grad school and collected a bit more. She happened to fall in love and marry and now she works outside her field (anthropology) in a doctor’s office and her entire paycheck goes to her school loans. They live off of his income.
My sister went to a large university and agreed to pay 20% of the bill, my parents took on the rest. She graduated without any debt.
I am going to try to do what my sister did. I am a bit frightened and don’t understand how she pulled it off, but I am hoping that will work for me.
I don’t think I can count on falling in love with someone without college debt and I certainly don’t want to spend years working to pay off my loans.

I hope I can do this too!