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[quote=Anonymous]Is he a big spender? It sounds like you two are living beyond your means. $30k on a wedding and honeymoon is crazy for a couple who has a large debt and minimal savings. That was your first mistake.

I was supporting DH for the first 5 years we were together and I paid for our wedding, engagement, honeymoon.  He was making $35k and had nearly $300k in school debt. I used $10k in my savings for our wedding, $3k for our honeymoon, and my parents gave me $3k to offset costs.  I also put down $40k of my savings for a down payment for a house shortly after. I knew my husband would start making more as a physician once out of residency.  We held onto our old used cars until they broke down.

A decade later we are still living in the same house and my husband is making more than enough to support our family. Our house is already paid off. We still have his school debt but no other debt.  I am still pretty frugal - we limit dining out to once a week, am conscious of grocery budgeting, and we opt for lower cost vacations with the occasional splurge on hotel and airfare.  We are saving a lot, going into 401ks, college funds for our kids, and retirement investments.[/quote]

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