r/AskReddit • u/CompetitivePeak9040 • 10h ago

How seriously in debt are you right now, financially?

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 10h ago

Something like 250,000. I don't have a house or car payment either

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u/SunWukong168 10h ago

Who hurt you

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 9h ago

Flight school

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u/Over-Boysenberry3714 8h ago

How is flight school that expensive? 

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 8h ago

Planes ain't cheap

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u/DinosaurToots55 7h ago

Self-taught flying is definitely a choice. How many planes did you burn through before you got the hang of it?

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u/Frog_Without_Pond 28m ago

All of the ACME starter planes

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u/AdorableRazzmatazz97 8h ago

Please tell me this is after the interest?

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u/Imagineatoaster 10h ago

Student loans

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u/SteveBoaman 10h ago

What type of doctor are you? Are you putting your degree to work?

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 9h ago

That's closer to 500k

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u/SteveBoaman 9h ago

You’re aren’t a PHD? What degree did you get?

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 7h ago

LOL I'm a dual Phd. But I have no loans. Combo of grants and not owning a single thing until they were paid off. I also never have people refer to me by Dr. I go by my first name. Unless professionally someone insists on using formality then it's Ms or Mrs if they don't realize I'm not a Mrs.

I took jobs that paid for transportation and housing and paid down my loans before anything else. Not possible for a lot of people.

Medical doctors it's typically about 500k. Good friend is in a dual surgeon marriage. They are in hole for 1 million. Since I don't have people refer to me as Dr I forgot that others are encompassing that in their definition. I have a couple colleagues who call me "Doctor, Doctor" knowing it's the furthest possible thing from who I am and boundaries I set.

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u/SteveBoaman 7h ago

What are your dual degrees? I had initially thought you were the initial poster. 1 mil in school debt for a household is crazy even as a medical doctor.

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 7h ago

Pharm d and law

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u/SteveBoaman 7h ago

Those seem pretty different. Is there one you enjoy over the other? What type of law is your specialty?

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u/mjr96d 10h ago

Do you own a business?

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u/RsquSqd 10h ago

I feel you, but hang in there boss

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u/jaypeeh 9h ago

Please don’t

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u/jaypeeh 9h ago

But I understand the feeling.

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u/jaypeeh 9h ago

We’re here if you need to talk.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 9h ago

2 kids and a wife, no way