I owe $177.30 on my student loan that has been in default since 1986

[dolo amber]

and then I will be FREE. :)

This last years tax refund has finally put paying it off in my reach.

This has only ruined my credit, my chances for returning to school to get a degree and dramatically increase my and my kids' quality of life...

I think I might explode. That happens to me sometimes...:D

[ladjf]

1. Pay the money and quit whining.

[dolo amber]

2. Why you gotta shit in my cheerios, man!

I wasn't *whining*...I was HAPPY!

[ladjf]

11. I was just teasing you. I thought you were more or less joking

about the situation.

Hey, my wife an I have been paying student loans for years. Don't owe but a few thousand. You 177 sounded great to me. I wish that were that close. Congratulations!

[dolo amber]

16. Ach, well then

Thank you. ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Congrats!

I had serious problems with my student loans too. Feels good to get it under control.

[dolo amber]

7. It feels better than good

I'm giddy, I tells ya! :bounce:

[flamingyouth]

4. Hi D

the credit vultures are after Alan's estate now. Some asshole attorney's office calls me every day. Bastards.

[dolo amber]

6. You should hook up

with liberalhistorian...I believe she has the best stream of profanity to use against those types that I've ever heard! :D

[flamingyouth]

8. Yeah, she sure does

I actually have my own vulture attorney handling his estate.

[MyUncle]

5. You are not ruined.

Once you pay off the loan, you can talk to a live person at the school you want and you should be OK. I was WAY behind in my loans and caught up (thanks to my family).

The worst days of that nightmare are behind you. Congrats

[dolo amber]

9. Thankyouthankyouthankyou

It was a nightmare, in so many ways...but as you said, the worst is OVER. :D

[MyUncle]

10. My mom, god bless her soul, bailed me out.

When my folks sold the house we grew up in. Brings tears to my eyes.

[sleepyhead]

12. Lucky lucky you.

I am so envious (huge sigh) - still owe over 60K. I won't be able to retire until I am 120 years old.

[Taverner]

13. If you explode, will you send pics?

Spontantous Combustion needs to be researched ya know ;)

[DS1]

14. Aren't these things wiped from your record after so many years?

Regardless :hug:

[dolo amber]

15. They used to be

That damn KKKlintoon changed that rule, the bastard. :grr:

Nah, I got the loan, I should pay it. ;)

I just wish circumstances had been different that it wouldn't have taken me all these years to do it... but whatever, it's almost over now.

(YAY!!)

:D

[Elidor]

17. I've been in default for 8 years

No tax refunds in all that time. I owed a thousand and I've paid $3,000 and still owe $800. It sucks. Fuck it - I'm going to Costa Rica next year. Fuck the government. They'll get their pound of flesh and then some.

Congratulations, my friend. I hope it feels good. :toast:

[dolo amber]

21. Thanks!

I does feel good...oh so creamy and gooooooood....

:D

[ElsewheresDaughter]

18. i thought after seven years they can't collect ..statue of limitations?

[dolo amber]

20. See post #15

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. Pshaw! Lightweight!

I owe a certain overseas student loans company a large amount of money, and due to their own archaic laws, I can defer indefinitely. Huzzah!

[dolo amber]

22. Like I needed another

reason to wish I was in a *certain overseas* location...:eyes:

:P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. Bloody socialists.

Ironically, they only introduced the whole Student Loans system the year I went to Uni, before that it was (mostly) government funded. As I'm taking this personally, I'm in no hurry to pay it back. And, as long as currency exchange rates remain steady, I won't have to. Hopefully their currency will go into meltdown, at which point I'll happily repay them.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

24. You go Dolo!

When I paid off my undergrad loans, I actually framed the letter from the school student loan office.

Then, I decided to go to graduate school.

:eyes:

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Congratulations!

Now don't go spending all your newfound wealth in one place. :hug:

[asthmaticeog]

26. Yer so damn lucky

My loans are still through the freakin' roof. I estimate that at the rate I can affort to pay per month, I'll be in the clear when I'm 55 or 60 years old. Oh, but I just had to go to a goddamn private college grumble grumble...

That being said, I blame Reagan.

[tigereye]

27. good for you Amber!

I am glad I went to school when it was a lot cheaper. It is scary how expensive college and grad school are now. But there is probably a way to work it all out if you want to go back to school at some point. My sister has been going to school and grad school for 2 decades now and somehow managing to get it paid for.