When my wife told me she wanted to walk away from her law career to become a teacher despite nearly $200,000 in student debt, I thought the hardest part would be the finances. But the way she reacted to my proposed solution exposed a truth about our marriage I never imagined.
My wife and I married young. We were both twenty-three, still figuring life out but deeply in love, convinced that with hard work and teamwork we could build the future we dreamed about. Now we’re twenty-seven. Four years later, we’ve built a home, routines, and plans. And yet, here I am, staring down nearly $195,000 in student debt—debt that technically isn’t mine, but might as well be.
