My Parents Just Told Me I Owe Them $114K

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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0:14.3	Normal is broke and common sense is weird.
0:17.3	So we're here to help you transform your life.
0:20.1	From the Ramsey Network in the Fairwinds
0:21.8	Credit Union Studio, this is The Ramsey Show. I'm George Camel, joined by bestselling author, Jade
0:28.4	Warshaw. If you know, you know, give us a call at AAA 825-5-225, and we will do our best to help you take
0:35.9	the right next step for your life and your money.
0:39.3	Sarah is going to kick us off in Chicago. What's going on, Sarah?
0:43.3	Hi, thanks for taking my call.
0:45.0	Absolutely. How can Jade and I help?
0:48.1	So I'm 30. My husband's 31. Our household income is about 235.
0:54.0	My parents had set up a 529 plan for me when I was young, which I ended up using to pay for the majority of my undergrad and grad schooling.
1:03.1	I did take out a couple of federal loans just to cover the remainder of my grad school, which we still owe about 35,000 on.
1:14.1	Recently, my parents asked me to pay them back, roughly $114,000 for the money that I used from my 25-29 plan.
1:21.3	What? Come again now. So is that the money they put in, or was that the balance of the
1:26.8	account? That was the balance of the account?
1:29.8	That was the balance of the account.
1:30.7	That's wild.
1:33.2	They don't even understand math.
1:40.3	Like they may have put in 30 grand that grew to 114 and now they want you to pay the 114.
1:40.9	The interest.
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