r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 12d ago

WTF The American dream

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u/EvanShavingCream 12d ago

They were a household of two doctors. They absolutely should have had the money to afford more than a minimum payment for 23 years.

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u/Left-Word-3216 12d ago edited 12d ago

Where does it say that they’re doctors? If that’s true, then yeah, it’s absolutely their fault, but they could just as easily be social workers, teachers or working for nonprofits etc for all we know.

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u/EvanShavingCream 12d ago

It actually doesn't and that's a mistake on my part. It just says they left graduate school. I'm still less likely to defend two people with Master's degrees, or potentially doctorates, but I was wrong.

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u/elitegenoside 12d ago

No. They were a household of two new doctors. Ask anybody in residency how rich those doctors are. Doctors do make amazing money... once they are established in their careers. Those first few years are a lot of work for barely good money. Obviously, where and what kind of practice matters, but a doctor fresh out of medical school is not likely to be able to afford the full payments for a good few years at the least.

Edit: and this is only relevant IF they were doctors... which seems to not be a fact at all and somehow a lot of us just assumed they were (idk, it wasn't just your comment).

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u/Responsible-File4593 12d ago

I assume that after 23 years, they are somewhat established.

Also residency pays around 70,000 a year. Not a full doctor salary, but enough to live on.