I met another one.

Single male, mid-late 20s reports that another potential mate got scratched off the list for excessive student debt.

I can't say as I blame him. What is interesting is that he was talking with another woman his age that feels the same way when she goes out with a guy. Of course I asked him why he isn't dating her and he smiled and simply said, "Incompatibility." I smirked and left it at that.

I did, however comment "It looks like the pretty girl with a high school diploma ringing a register somewhere looks a lot more attractive, doesn't it?After all, she comes debt free!"

"Don't think that's not under serious consideration," he replied. "She at least comes with an income of some sort, doesn't believe in magic and understands how things work."

I can certainly see where a young person looking for a lifelong partner is being a lot more careful these days regarding finances.

Excessive student loan is a pretty good indicator of someone's ability to make good or bad financial decisions.
If you live 25 miles from the campus then maybe you ought to have considered living at home and commuting rather than renting an expensive apartment nearer the campus. You also don't need a brand new car to commute with, either.

There are any number of people out there that have earned their degrees while incurring minimal student loan debt. 

There is the constant tale of the guy that lives in a van down by the river and showers at the school gum graduating loan free or damned close. He's the guy the hot chicks used to laugh at.

Come graduation he's entering a career debt free and is immediately saving for a down payment on a house he can afford.

The hot chicks on campus are now looking at him in a different light. Maybe the guy living in the van down by the river had something going for him.

Of course, a guy like that probably is nobody's fool. The first thing he checks up on when he asks a potential mate out is how much money she owes and if it's excessive she never gets asked out again.

One of the younger guys I met at work reported that he broke off his engagement because he figured she made lousy financial decisions. Her father offered her $50 to either spend on a wedding or put toward a down payment for a home.

She promptly called the wedding planner people and he promptly broke the engagement. Can't say as I blame him. 

He explained to the father of the was to be bride that he wasn't going to live with a woman that made bad financial choices. I wasn't all that surprised to hear her dad agreed with the former suitor. He expressed disappointment in the decision made by his darling daughter.

It does work both ways. A guy with expensive hobbies living in a small apartment is making bad choices. It's one thing to have a huge income and set up a hobby radio station or build a hot rod to race on weekends and another thing to try and do all of this stuff on a working stiff's income. A guy like this probably isn't too desirable to a smart woman. What is it going to be like when kids come into the equation? 

Off to school the kids go barefoot, yet that hot rod just got a new camshaft! 

I also see where a lot of the younger people, mostly but not limited to men are putting off their nuptials or even staying single. 

I can see where they are not interested in being saddled with someone else's college debt...especially if it is for a useless degree.

Gentleman, a woman with $150,000 worth of college debt and a degree in woman's dance studies is NOT a good candidate for marriage. 













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