<prompt> Human: Hypothetical situation: You have no debt and you get married to someone with 100k of private educational debt at 7 interest. This debt was created before you ever met. You both make approximately the same salary and gross about 120,000 annually between the two of you. Do you contribute to your spouses debt repayments to accelerate the repayment schedule? Is it a good or bad idea to make such payments?  <response>: If you dont want to be part of a team, you shouldnt get married - just stay dating. You are meant to be in a marriage for the long haul, that is the point of it. That means helping with your partner with hisher debts to reduce the overall cost to your team. Paying it off quicker saves you both money. 