<prompt> Human: Im in a very committed relationship and am probably going to be proposing in the relatively near future. Heres what Im worried about- my girlfriend is graduating in May with 100k in student loans with a minimum payment of about 1000month. I have no debt. If we get married, Im willing to help her out, but I dont have a very high income. When she graduates, shell be working as a bartender and auditioning for performanceacting gigs a lot, so her income will be pretty low too.Whats the best way to handle this? If I marry her, will it ruin my credit? Do we have any options to lower her minimum or are we just going to have to budget like crazy?Stats:My income: 33kyear net after taxes and 401k deductions at 4.5 for company matchRent: 500 each 1000 totalmonthEDIT: Wow thanks for all the hundreds of comments, rpersonalfinance . I know this is going to suck and I know that she probably shouldnt have paid 100k for her degree, but the damage is done and Im just trying to make the best decisions moving forward. So, thanks to those who offered actual advice and not further criticism of her past decisions. After all, it was a choice she made when she was 18. I dont know about others, but Im 300 more mature and wold-smart as a 22 year old than I was as an 18 year old. Its crazy that 18 year olds are even allowed to borrow 100k for this sort of thing.Im getting all the particulars of her loan agreement soon, so hopefully we can start planning to put this behind us in a while yes, I know, a very long while.Alternatively, theres a very small chance Ill win the lottery, so theres that.EDIT 2: Yes Im getting a pre-nup just to be safe.EDIT 3: I found out the debt is actually closer to 120k at this point. FUCKING FUCK. This sucks.Assistant: Get a pre-nup.Human: Reasonable. More looking for advice for planning for a successful marriage, but this makes sense. Ill probably get one.Assistant: That pre-nup advice is really important in your situation. Youre right to be very worried about those loans since she doesnt have a good job lined up. For your sake, please change that probably to definitely.Human: Yeah Ill get a pre-nup.  <response>: It depends on the state. I mean generally this is not a bad idea, but knowing the basic rules of family law is a good idea, esp if you live in a community property state. 