Proud Moments II

[Gilly]

And I have to spend hours on the phone just to get Sallie Mae to let me pay $500 a month (they want me to pay $750), but that's because they're crooks, and until recently were way in with congressional Republicans.

Geez, did you take out the entire loan from them? Luckily, I have parents who can help me a little bit. They couldn't help me when I was in college but now they are able to take care of a couple things we can't handle until my wife graduates from law school. But, I was able to talk Sallie Mae into letting me pay a lot lower than that. I'm not actually paying anything off but I'm not going into default either. I did that with one loan and I'm finally getting out.

I frequently have that same thought about how double-f'd the people who made the conservative choice will be once this all comes down, though I don't think that's gonna be great for guys like us either.  But you're right that I chose this life, and I like it, except for the money stuff.

A lot of people have worked hard and have had lifelong dreams about professions that are high paying too!  Silly artist.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Geez, did you take out the entire loan from them?

Yeah, plus I consolidated under a rate that doesn't seem to be too high, but what do I know?  I'm like the opposite of the math-haters from the other thread - I like math, but I hate arithmetic.  I just hate money, even though I've read Marx and Adam Smith and I completely understand it.

A lot of people have worked hard and have had lifelong dreams about professions that are high paying too!  Silly artist.

Don't rub it in, Gilly.

[Gilly]

Don't rub it in, Gilly.

Hey, I work in radio. I'm in the same boat you are! Luckily, I married someone who has always had a dream of being a lawyer. I don't get it, but it'll probably pay the bills!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Don't rub it in, Gilly.

Hey, I work in radio. I'm in the same boat you are! Luckily, I married someone who has always had a dream of being a lawyer. I don't get it, but it'll probably pay the bills!

I ain't sayin' he's a golddigger...

I married a fiction writer.  The two-writer household thing is tough sometimes, but at least she has a good editorial resume.

[John Junk]

I'm with a painter.  So what we've got here is a (I guess) multi-media artist who joins a lot of bands and a painter pre-occupied with New Age stuff, neither of whom are from money.  But we've got love.  And one MFA with another MFA on the way.  I should just think of these degrees as our children.  If you think of it that way, you'd be doin' all right if you only dropped 400 bucks on your baby every month.  Wait, would you? I don't even know.  Oh shit, I just realized we can never have children. 

MOST DEPRESSING THREAD EVER.

[senorcorazon]

MOST DEPRESSING THREAD EVER.

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