<prompt> Human: I have about 170K in savings and my parents are well off and I just got engaged to a woman who is 200k in debt from loans. She has about 140k in debt now. She has a year left of school then shell be about 60K more in debt - 200K. My parents loaned me an additional 100k at 1 interest to help with the loans which are between 5.5 and 7.5. I used that 100k to pay off he highest interest loans. I havent used any of my money yet I sold all of my stocks about 1.5 months ago and I plan on paying her tuition and expenses for the rest of her schooling. That should leave me with about 110K. I am a software engineer who was making 80K. I recently quit to start my own company not yet profitable. My fiancee is not really happy with me paying off her loans as she feels that it has taken away her independence. Growing up wealthy, the new windfall of debt made me uncomfortable. Am I doing the right thing?  <response>: I would do nothing till you are completely married. What happens if you pay off her debts then she or you calls the wedding off? Is her school debt for a marketable degree that will get her a high earning job? 