Finally finished paying off my student loans!

[Aristus]

Eleven years of clinical practice, and I'm finally done with the debt that got me here. I'm my own man at last...

[Harker]

1. Congratulations!

[jpak]

2. Yay!

[hibbing]

3. Congrats!

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Congratulations!

That must be a great feeling!

[Marthe48]

5. Congratulations!

Such a good feeling to pay off those loans

[3catwoman3]

6. What great news!!!!!!!!!!!

How are you going to celebrate?

🎉 🎈 🍾 💫 🎢 🎂 🎁 🌈 💥 🥂 🩺

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. We know what we're celebrating Friday Night!

Congrats mate!

[Aristus]

36. Looking forward to it.

Man, do I need a drink...

[Phoenix61]

8. Congratulations!!! nt

[Stuart G]

9. Congratulations!!!

[Yorkie Mom]

10. Congratulations!

It's an awesome feeling.

[RainCaster]

11. Bravo!

That's got to make you feel good. Very well done.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Congrats!

it's a great feeling

[robbob]

13. Congratulations! Serious question for you:

Since you worked so hard to get your student loan paid off, how do you feel about the idea of student dept relief? Would you feel a bit resentful seeing others walk away from the kind of dept you had to spend years paying off? Just curious; it’s a complicated issue…

[Aristus]

19. Not in the least. I support debt-forgiveness 100%.

My only resentment would be towards the organizations that promised me a debt-payoff if I worked in an underserved clinic with an underinsured population, which I think we can agree that homeless people are.

I work with the homeless, not to pay off a debt, but because I love it. But I saw getting my loans paid off as a bonus.

Well, I applied for the loan payoff every year for seven years, and was never accepted. So I gave up and paid them off on my own.

But for anyone o coming up today who can get debt relief from the proposed program, I support 100% and power to them

[robbob]

25. Thank you!

And that is why we are Dems; we don’t begrudge the government helping people out just because we can’t see how it directly benefits us personally.

Again, congratulations. I’ve been dept free for about 8 years now, and, imho, it’s the best way to live.

[notinkansas]

41. Touche!

The fact that the richest country in the world makes debt slaves of its youth is truly a national embarrassment.

[Karadeniz]

14. Couldn't be happier for you...congratulations!!!

[spudspud]

15. Congrats man!

That's a huge deal. Can't wait to finally finish paying off my school loans too.

[secondwind]

16. Wow, congratulations 🍾!!!

[Solly Mack]

17. Woohoo! Congratulations!

Truly excellent news.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. eggscllent.

[quakerboy]

20. Congrats

Its a great feeling, eh? I finished mine off about 3 years back, and I can still catch that feeling when i am looking over my budget.

Next.. the mortgage. I expect that to be nearly as sweet.

[Pepsidog]

21. Congrats. I recall Obama saying he paid off his loans after his 1st book

deal. I graduated law school in 1987 and it cost a fraction of what it cost today. Watch “Generation Wealth” on Netflix a photo journalist from LA as a college student realizes in high school in the 80s that our society has become obsessed with wealth and documents what she sees. After 30 plus years she revisits many of her classmates who were kids of famous people to see where they are today. It’s a sorry look at the results of late stage capitalism. She talks about Kate Hudson a classmate bragging about famous parents and young 12-13yo kids with wads of hundred dollar bills. The journalist was quite perceptive as she herself was an awkward teenager living amongst the 90201 crowd and the excesses she witnessed.

**correction-the documentary is free on Amazon Prime, not Netflix.

[keithbvadu2]

22. I was expecting you to say you used your first ss check.

I was expecting you to say you used your first ss check.

[Aristus]

23. Not yet.

I'm 52 and getting there...

[pazzyanne]

24. Yea!

Enjoy your freedom!!!!!!!!!!

[Lulu KC]

26. Congratulations!

That's a biggie!

[Mr.Bill]

27. Serious question for the OP.

After paying your loan off, would it bother you if others had theirs forgiven and didn't have to pay? I think if others were forgiven, people in your position should also be compensated.

[Aristus]

28. See my response above.

I support debt-forgiveness 100%, even though I didn't benefit from it.

[Mr.Bill]

31. Thanks.

I obviously had not read the whole thread.

[fierywoman]

29. I'm so-o-o-o happy for you !!!

[Aristus]

30. Thank you!

[FuzzyRabbit]

32. Congratulations.

I sold my small house 4 years ago and paid off all my credit cards. I've been free ever since. My Dad was right, don't ever borrow if you can help it.

[liberalla]

33. Hurray for you! What a huge relief, right?

Enjoy it!

Congratulations!

[Aristus]

34. Very much so, thank you.

[Iggo]

35. Feels great, huh!

[NanananaFatman]

37. Kudos

My wife and I will never pay them off unless we live and work another 25 years. At our age it seems unlikely.

My wife is a doc who chooses to work and serve underserved populations, but has a private clinic because the 800 pound catholic health system has a stranglehold on the area. One of their board members told her that she will never be hired by them because he doesn’t like her “style” of medicine, that he doesn’t believe in it. Her retort? “It’s a good thing that medicine is fact based and not belief based. Sorry about your feelz.”

So our income is less than it should be with our debt load. She only has another 350k to pay off.

Life is interesting.

I am very happy you are paid off. Enjoy. Be well. Love life.

[Heartstrings]

38. Congratulations! nt

[Ocelot II]

39. Congrats. Nice to have that monkey off your back.

It took me about 25 years to pay off my law school loans. I also support student loan debt forgiveness.

[GumboYaYa]

40. Congrats, you paid Sallie Mae back!

[SheltieLover]

42. Congrats!!!

It is my understanding that anything left after 10 yrs of on time payments is forgiven! Maybe they owe you a refund!

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

43. I finished paying mine off in October of 2020

One lump sum and it feels good now, you're so right!

[Aristus]

44. Congratulations!

It's a great feeling...

[littlemissmartypants]

45. Well Done, Sir!!

So proud of you for taking on the debt so you can help others. I know that your patients are thankful. It has to be a calling. Now pour yourself that celebratory beverage and enjoy.







❤

[Aristus]

46. Celebratory drinking thread planned for tonight.

[littlemissmartypants]

47. ❤ nt

[catrose]

48. Congratulations!

[Tomconroy]

49. Wow. My little Ivy League school was about 6k per annum back in the 70s

And state law school tuition was much less. I don't know how young people do it today. Congratulations!