People Are Sharing Their Student Loans And Stressing Each Other Out (20 Tweets)

Higher education costs money — and in America, it costs a LOT of money.

I am STILL repaying my loans from my private university education and I not only had a scholarship but also graduated an entire year early. I still had piles of debt.

And look: I learned a lot. I definitely value the education I received. But do I value it to the tune of lining bank-owners’-pockets? Not really.

But my loans were far, far less difficult than some of the tweets in a thread started by American Wee-Yum, who showed a screenshot of his student debt amounting $82,649.35. “This is my student loan amount,” he wrote. “I don’t stress because it ain’t ever getting paid off.”

Here were some of the replies.

1. More than we started

2. 13 Years Out

3. Paid over 100k

4. YIKES

5. Masters

6. Baby daddy

7. The Lord’s battle

8. No

9. 94K!?

10. Current balance

11. Far over 60k and graduated in 91.

12. Woof.

It doesn't seem like much, but:
1) I'm 35 and disabled;
2) My current job is temporary;
3) This is from my second attempt at school.

At this rate, I'll never have a retirement savings. pic.twitter.com/wKjIsdTY3a

— Erlern Mersk (@cheesepickles) December 8, 2020

13. 105,000!?

i’m at 105k and still haven’t graduated 🥵

— hotkayla™️ (@ladisputer) December 8, 2020

14. Not a doctor

15. Good luck

16. Worst degree

Mine was $114,000 last I looked. I am chronically ill and unable to work, so I do t even get to put my degree to good use. 🙁

— Anna-Maria loremipsumlife 🖌🦋♿✒🇳🇿 (@Loremipsumlife) December 10, 2020

17. Just the interest

18. It’s everyone

19. Still not done

20. Nope.

I'm freaking over 40k and these amounts make me go 😮😳. I've been in the loan forgiveness process for about 5 years. Went to a for profit school that shutdown 2 days after graduation. I didn't even get the final testing and certification I paid for.

— Cassaundra DLC (@CassaundraDLC) December 9, 2020