<prompt> Human: My girlfriend will have tons of student debt, probably upwards of 100 thousand after 3 years at a state university and then another 2 or 2.5 years getting a nursing degree. As we start to get more serious in our relationship, I have to also take into consideration this debt that she would have. Im just having a hard time wrapping my head around 100k debt and really dont know anything about student loans. Basically, how hard is this to pay offget rid of she could eventually qualify for some loan forgiveness program for working as a nurse for 10 years? Is this amount of debt really bad? How have other people taken into account their SOs debt? I will have no debt. I just feel worried about becoming attached to or acquiring some responsibility for this debt. Would it be wrong to take the debt into consideration when thinking about the future of the relationship?  <response>: 100k for a nursing degree is insane and that will eat up most of her pay each month. 