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Would you call this selfish of me or fair ?

I have 2 credit cards that I never fully paid off (plus a few medical bills). And my husband has been helping me pay them down. 😅 i feels like it’s mostly fair cause he’s my man, and he’s the one who’s supposed to make sure we’re good on all aspects. If I need help, he’s supposed to support me.

But another part of me sometimes feels bad because this debt has been following me since before we got married—like, back when we were both still living with our parents. It’s not even a huge amount (less than $5k), but still it’s old stuff that I should’ve handled by now.

Do you think it’s selfish or fair when a spouse helps pay off the other’s pre-marriage debt? 🥴

And have you ever had to pay off your partner’s debt and how did you feel about it ?

#AskLemon8 #relationships #finance #GirlTalk #debtmanagement

2025/10/21 Edited to

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I think it’s sweet he wants to help out with the debt because you didn’t ask him to do it he just did it and that’s a real man who loves you

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