Debt free kid brag

[BackInTex]

My oldest just paid off her student loans, only 14 months after graduating, less than 12 months after starting her job.

$36k, paid off by working 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week, living on a ship (about 80% of the time), not counting about a month off during that time. She has no living expenses, and unlike the others on the ship who spend a lot of their earning in bars when in port, she very seldom drinks.

I wish I could have lived expense free when I got out of college. I had no loans to pay off, but it would have been nice to put money away that early in life.

[silverscreenselect]

It's not the same thing, but Mrs. SSS and I, as of a month ago, are now completely debt free (other than what's currently on credit cards from month to month, primarily monthly bills like the cable bill and any on-line purchases during the month).

On the other hand, our daughter, who has been living with us for over three years now, is having her car voluntarily repossessed this week. I don't even want to think about how much money she owes (she's still in school and she's probably twice the age of BiT's daughter). However, every time I get a call from someone wanting to collect on one of her debts (she only uses the landline as her phone number with creditors, since she never answers that phone; everyone else, she gives her cell phone number to), I tell them that if they were dumb enough to extend credit to her, they deserve what they get.

[BackInTex]

It's not the same thing, but Mrs. SSS and I, as of a month ago, are now completely debt free (other than what's currently on credit cards from month to month, primarily monthly bills like the cable bill and any on-line purchases during the month).

Impressive. I can not say that, unfortunately. And with two in college and one more to go, I may never get there.