I paid off my girlfriend’s student loans, but then she demanded I cover her sister’s debt to

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I paid off my girlfriend’s student loans, but then she demanded I cover her sister’s debt too or she’d break up with me. So I reversed the payment and her reaction was priceless.

Hello Reddit I plus here. All right. So I was dating this woman Samantha for about 2 years.

She was smart, funny, worked as a teacher, and we met through mutual friends at a trivia night. We hit it off over beers, shared love for true crime podcasts, and a mutual hatred of olives.

Classic millennial romance. Now I’m a software engineer.

I’ve been fortunate. My job pays well. I live simply.

I don’t have kids. And I drive a Honda Civic that’s older than some of my co-workers.

My only real vice is overpriced coffee and the occasional Lego set. I swear I’m buying for my nephews.

So anyway, Samantha and I were serious, like talking marriage serious. She’d drop hints about rings.

I’d nod awkwardly but also kind of liked the idea. I could see a future.

We weren’t living together yet, but we had toothbrushes at each other’s places, you know. One night she’s venting about her student loans again.

She’s about $18,000 in debt. She’s stressed about the interest.

Says it keeps her up at night. She’s clearly overwhelmed and honestly I love this woman.

She’s been good to me, supportive, and I knew if we got married one day that debt would become our debt anyway. So I made a decision.

A week later, I paid off her loans in full. Quietly, I logged in using her info.

She had once asked me to help her check her loan statements, so I had access and made the payment. Then I printed the confirmation, rolled it up like a diploma, and stuck it inside a gift box with a bow.

When she opened it, she just froze. Then she started crying, hugging me, saying no one had ever done something so kind.

She said I was the man she wanted to grow old with. It was an amazing moment.