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story. Much love, guys. This story is from Thrawaway Stuck stuck titled i 30 male am considering ending my relationship

with my partner 26 female due to her being $250,000 in debt i'm a 30 year old male have a well-paying

job roughly 100k per year no debt my girlfriend has 250k in private student loans from

undergrad private school with a variable interest rate. Recently the interest hit over 11% and doing

the math on the loans has me devastated. But how fast it is growing, she will need to put 25k a year

into it just to keep it in the same place.

That basically guarantees that I will never have financial help during our relationship.

Additionally, with how much she will need to work just to pay on the loans,

I won't have much help around the house or with our kids, if slash when we have some either.

I keep blaming myself, I can't just deal with it. It's just money right. But at the same time, when I look at the reality of the situation,

I can't help but feel that I need to walk away from the situation. Additionally, she's going back to

school in the fall for a higher paying job, probably 60 to 85K income at the

end realistically with the possibility of 125k a year if she works herself to death. But this

program will add another 30k in federal loans. I think this is a bad decision, but it's the only

option she seems to have to up her income. I feel like I don't want to wait until I'm 45 when this debt might be paid off to have

children.

I don't want to put my life on hold in this way, but I also love her a lot.

We've talked a lot about this and about her plan to pay it down, etc.

It now feels like my options are either accept that this is reality and it will

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