Got Some Good News: A Follow Up

[angrychair]

Old OP reference: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218969237

So as a follow up to my recent email about the possibility that my student loans could be forgiven.
I got an email from my student loan servicer that, officially, MY ENTIRE STUDENT LOAN BALANCE HAS BEEN FORGIVEN a $106,000 in debt is just gone. Just gone. That's it.
With that I am all but debt free. Got a small balance on a credit card I pay off regularly and car loan but that's it.

I cannot express what this feeling is like. I have been paying on and off for 28 years, with those loans hanging over my head and the balance never really going down. I am still processing this turn of events. It just melts my brain. It's also not lost on me that but for President Biden this would not have happened and he has my humble thanks and eternal gratitude.

I did make a promise to change my handle to "Happychair" but I will have to ask EarlG or someone how that would work.

[elleng]

1. Congratulations, HAPPY!!!

[Joinfortmill]

2. Excellent!

[2naSalit]

3. Feels good just hearing that!

[Elessar Zappa]

4. Congrats!

I know the joy you’re feeling, mine was cancelled a few years ago after I had been on disability for five years and wasn’t able to keep up with payments.

[electric_blue68]

5. How Wonderful! 🎉

[area51]

6. Congratulations!

[Hekate]

7. This does my heart good -- I am so, so happy for you 🎉

[Demovictory9]

8. Congrats

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "I did make a promise to change my handle to 'Happychair'"

First - CONGRATULATIONS AND SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!

Second - you can just sofa jump.

[Fla Dem]

10. Congratulations. I'm very happy for you and the many who share in this program.

[EarnestPutz]

11. I'm happy for you and anyone who now shares in your good fortune.

I’ve thought that Angrychair was some reference to Clint Eastwood’s silly performance at the Repub convention.

[angrychair]

17. No

I've used it for a very, very long time for different things, since around '94 or so.
It's a reference to a song by a band named Alice in Chains .

[EarnestPutz]

18. Nice to know that it's a reference to "my" era of music. That said, your plan to go with happy chair sounds better.

[Goddessartist]

12. Fantastic news!!!

So happy for you!!! ☺️

[tom_kelly]

13. Wonderful!

Congratulations!!! I'm familiar with how that feels - mine was forgiven too. It's amazing

[peppertree]

14. That's what I'm talking about!

[wolfie001]

23. A long time ago, I was lazy watching an old repeat of Chips....

....and Erik Estrada performed this famous hit in some disco. It was somehow part of the storyline. My brain broke that day. Good times

[Leith]

15. Yaay!

[MLAA]

16. Absolutely glorious news! Yeah! 💙

[Lonestarblue]

19. Congratulations! That is so wonderful. Now you can enjoy the freedom of not having such a debt hanging over you.

[Easterncedar]

20. Yay! I am very happy for you. And for us all.

That’s exactly how I want my tax dollars spent.

[fierywoman]

21. Yay for you !!!

[GiqueCee]

22. And only Biden has the experience, the savvy, and the deep understanding ...

... of how things work in Congress to outsmart the Republican troglodytes who wanted to block ANY college loan forgiveness.

I am happy for you!

[spanone]

24. Thanks Joe Biden!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS angrychair

[FakeNoose]

25. This is awesome news

[CanonRay]

26. Congratulations!

I just don't understand people who oppose this, including some liberals. I paid off may loans but they are nothing like today's.

[CrispyQ]

27. Congratulations Happychair.

Man, that must be a load off!!

[wendyb-NC]

28. Hallelujah and congratulations.

So good to hear you got out from under that unreal student loan debt.

[niyad]

29. CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can only begin to imagine the weight off your

whole being! Raising a glass to you, and to President Biden. Now go do something very celebratory for yourself, and BREATHE!!!

[oasis]

30. Good. Hope you remain happy.

[liberalla]

31. That is such good, good news! I remember your first post and

am very pleased to read this follow up. Congratulations to you Mr Newly Happy happychair, and thank you President Biden for making this happen!

[et tu]

32. awesome! whatever you choose for a handle-

'brand new day' for you!

[wryter2000]

33. I can only imagine how that feels

I hope there are a lot more people in the same boat with you.

[Marcuse]

34. I'm not jealous! (Yes, I am.)

[TBF]

35. Mine was cancelled also -

around $70K - I had been put in that program decades ago and paid my income adjusted payment every month. I'm sure I had paid off the principal over all that time, it is the compounded interest that gets you with the loans. I am very grateful to Biden for helping with this and just another reason I'm voting for him again.

I wish they could redo the programs for student loans, keep them in the public sector, and run them with low/no interest to give people a chance. The banks are the only ones who really win with the way it's done now.

[yonder]

36. Congratulations! What a feeling, the weight just gone like that.

Sort of like paying off a mortgage, or good news from the doctor: "the tests came back negative" or maybe even one's first car where you can just take off without asking dad for the keys.

Freedom! and cue Snoopy's Happy Dance.