Reply #46: Man, we got off easy with $175K, then.

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I can see how that adds up, though. Hubby and I managed to get through undergrad without any loans (mine thanks to my parents and Hubby because he worked as a nurse's aid in nursing homes), so the only student loans we have is his med school loans. He graduated from Case in 2001, and I'm sure their tuition has continued to skyrocket.

We would've had more if I hadn't taught while he was in med school. He would have needed school loan money to pay for housing and such, and we still needed some because my Catholic teacher salary was crap, but we owe less because of that.

So, basically, we have two mortgages--the med school debt and the house. With my medical problems and his job change this last year and all, things are tight, but we're making it. I'm tightening up again like how I did all through med school and residency, and things are okay. It's not like we're poor. We've been poor and know what that's like.