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Re:The Great College Hoax by tptacek on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:30PM (#468626)
Let's you and I be clear: I agree with you that 2.8k/mo is not a dealbreaking debt load for a couple with a joint income of 200k. I'm just suggesting that, on the story's own terms, it clearly could be: their marriage could have easily broken up because that (large) amount of debt was incompatible with their life plan.
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Re:The Great College Hoax by Retric on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:34PM (#468643)
Breaking up is not going to reduce their debt.
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Re:The Great College Hoax by tptacek on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:46PM (#468675)
No, but if both of them want kids, it will allow them to find a partner that isn't saddled with $1600/mo in college loans. As a partnership, breaking up potentially cuts their debt load in half.
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Re:The Great College Hoax by nostrademons on Friday February 06, 2009 @12:30AM (#469407)
It sounded like they'd already had kids together, in which case breaking up opens up a whole other can of worms...
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Re:The Great College Hoax by tptacek on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:46PM (#468674)
No, but if both of them want kids, it will allow them to find a partner that isn't saddled with $1600/mo in college loans. As a partnership, breaking up potentially cuts their debt load in half.
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