I'm 59 and Still Owe $258,000 In Student Loans!

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• BA

  @BarbellFinancial · 3 years ago

  Trade school is looking real good these days. No shame in being a plumber or electrician with valuable skills.

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• SI

  @Sizukun1 · 3 years ago

  When someone has 3 completely unrelated degrees, that should be a red flag that the only thing they're good at is attending class.

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• MI

  @mikekeenanphd · 3 years ago

  "My credit report shows" "Is there any way I can make that go away"  Was this caller serious?

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• IV

  @IvyPlans · 3 years ago (edited)

  Master in accounting but did not know she owed $250,000?

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• WA

  @WatchMeLearnIt · 3 years ago

  Tough situation. Unfortunately this should have been asked 20 years ago.

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• JB

  @jbrittany1682 · 3 years ago (edited)

  This person has no personal accountability. Blames degrees. Blames kids. Blames area they live in. Blames college institution. It's honestly just sad. 59 years old and still thinks like a child.

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• JA

  @jannettehunter2930 · 3 years ago

  WOW!!! INSANE!!!  We set up 529 college plans for our twins when they were babies.  We started out with just $25 a month, increased it to $50 when they got into middle school, then $100 each when they got into high school.  Well one twin decided not to go to college so we transferred his cash to his sister's account.  We told our daughter up front to choose an "affordable" school... She did.... she is graduating this weekend with NO STUDENT LOAN DEBT (whew)!!  It can be done folks!!!

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• AN

  @Ant0417 · 3 years ago

  What’s most disturbing is this guy didn’t seem know he owed over a quarter million in student loans until he looked at his credit report.

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• FR

  @FrankS111 · 3 years ago

  “How can I make it go away?”<br><br>Yeah…..pay your damn bills!

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• RI

  @RichardoBrit · 3 years ago

  And suddenly, I feel like I’m doing okay

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• MA

  @mattm597 · 3 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s funny how she started off by saying &quot;MY CREDIT REPORT says I have $258,000 in student loans.&quot; At first I thought this was a mistake or identity theft. But it was actually just her trying to deflect her own culpability.

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• EA

  @EAAAA1505 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I live in MD not too far from Roanoke, VA. I have a bachelor&apos;s in accounting. $60k is the average pay for accounting positions in the DMV area. People keep telling me to go back to school for a master&apos;s in accounting. Put myself into about $80k in debt just to make 5-10k more than I am making now is the dumbest advise. I cringe when people keep pushing on me to go back to school. Mind your own business if you are not going to pay for my debt.

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