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Reviving this to say....

"no debt (parents paid for my undergraduate education at a small, cheap state university, and then I went to a third tier law school at around 90% scholarship and my grandparents chipping in for the rest + living expenses)."

STFU.[/quote]

I have to agree. You know why I never went to graduate school? I had to work and pay rent. And my student loans which... actually mostly I didn't pay them. Oops. Bad call, but it was really a choice of, "do I pay my rent, or my loans?"

I married a lawyer and now we have his student loans--about 800/month--until the end of time. We are very fortunate, but I don't scrimp and save anymore because frankly, after twenty years of doing so I have decided that life is too damn short and precious to be entirely focused on saving, saving saving for the future you can't predict. You know the problem with savings? A lay off and cobra eats them. The market fluctuates and your 401K is down 30%. It's all a shell game. If you enjoy living carefully, go for it. But realize that at some point, roommates get really fucking old, and a diet of lentils and pasta and kale even more so. [/quote]
I third that.

Her parents paid for her undergrad. She got her law school paid for 100%. Yet does she plan to do the same for her children? Or will she just brag about how she can live on $2600 a month - even with kids - and not save anything for her child's education, ensuring they will be burdened with debt?[/quote]

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