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LiberalEsto

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2. My husband and I are stuck with $49,000 in private student loans for our kids

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 10:22 AM

Feb 2012

Neither one finished because of health issues. One can't find work and lives at home; the other barely gets by as a nanny.
We've already paid off some of the loans, but this means there is nothing to save for retirement. There is no way out.

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Mounting student loans a 'debt bomb' waiting to explode [View all] Javaman Feb 2012 OP

This is incredibly serious. earthside Feb 2012 #1

Therein lies the problem . . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #3

My husband and I are stuck with $49,000 in private student loans for our kids LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #2

This is why I am having my daughter finish her Freshman year of exboyfil Feb 2012 #4

I've got a mountain of student loans XemaSab Feb 2012 #5