My Boyfriend Won't Marry Me Until I Pay Off My Debt (He Makes $250k a Year)

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0	If your private student loans are in default, you're not out of options. Go to whyrefi.com
0:08.1	slash Ramsey. I've been with my boyfriend for a little over six years, and I graduated in December
0:16.4	2023 with about 160,000 dollars in student loan debt. I've paid off a lot. I have about
0:25.3	$90,000 left. Thank you. So you're what, 24? I'm 26. 26. Okay. And what's your field of,
0:36.0	what's your career? I'm a nurse. Oh, good for you. Okay. And what's your field of, what's your career? I'm a nurse.
0:38.3	Oh, good for you.
0:39.3	Okay.
0:40.3	And so you got 90,000 left, all right?
0:42.3	Mm-hmm.
0:43.3	And my boyfriend makes $250,000 a year, but he does not want to propose until I'm completely
0:51.3	debt-free.
0:52.3	Interesting.
0:53.3	You're not going to like me. pose until I'm completely death-free. Interesting.
0:57.1	You're not going to like me.
1:01.9	If you were my daughter, you know what I would tell you?
1:03.3	What?
1:04.2	Dump him.
1:08.1	Yeah, I mean, he's a great guy, L. No, he's not.
1:08.8	No, he's not.
1:10.1	No, he's not.
1:10.6	He's making you prove your worth.
1:12.6	Based on money.
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