# Debt Free (drinks are on me) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143 "2000-11-21T16:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/1 "2000-11-21T16:36:07Z")
This won’t mean much to anyone that hasn’t written a monthly check for house payments, car payments, school loans, etc. etc. etc. but I’M DEBT FREE AS OF TODAY! I closed on the sale of my house and used the proceeds to pay off the school loans, credit line, credit card, furniture bills, etc. All of my income is now my own, to do with as I please. Life is good. Belly up to the bar, the drinks are on me. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/2 "2000-11-21T16:38:33Z")
Congratulations. If you need any help spending that extra money… let me know. I’d be glad to help. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/3 "2000-11-21T16:41:06Z")
Let me just say: congratulations, and I hate you. 😉 I will be repaying my student loans forever. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/4 "2000-11-21T16:49:32Z")
Wow! that’s an accomplishment! Congratulations and hope you can make it last. It’s amazing how much money you can actually have when you don’t have to pay out towards debts! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/5 "2000-11-21T17:07:02Z")
Just wait 'til we run up this bar tab. Can you say _home equity loan_? ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/6 "2000-11-21T17:14:30Z")
Congratulations! My last student loan payment is on January 15th, 2001. I’m going to celebrate it in my usual quiet and dignified manner. 😉 In the meantime, can I have a beer? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/7 "2000-11-21T18:33:26Z")
Bartender, I want to buy everybody in here a beer. No, just one beer - for everybody. Give 'em all a bottlecap full. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/8 "2000-11-21T18:41:22Z")
Drink are on you, huh? Okay… _dump_ Happy? ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/9 "2000-11-21T18:42:37Z")
Woohoo! Congrats, plnnr! I am **one** month from being debt free. It’s holiday time, so that means that in a month i will be **two** months from being debt free. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/10 "2000-11-21T19:40:28Z")
Congratulations wow. I can’t even imagine. 9 years to go - assuming nothing goes wrong… _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Palandine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Palandine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palandine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-free-drinks-are-on-me/42143/11 "2000-11-21T19:47:00Z")
Congratulations! I’m with Amarinth–I can’t even imagine. \*I rent, so no house payment (although I do need to start saving up for a down payment one of these days). \*Car will be paid for in 10 months. \*Student loans will be paid in full by August 2004. \*Then there’s the credit cards ☹ However, I’ve made a big dent on those and haven’t put anything on them in a long time. Once the car’s paid for, a lot of that freed-up money will go toward the evil credit cards I admire debt-free folks, and hope to be one of them myself someday 😃