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I was ashamed of my $100,000 debt. When I finally told my friends, they helped me come up with a plan. - Business Insider
From Business Insider via USVI News: I'm a single mom with medical debt and felt like I failed. But I learned that my friends have also experienced debt; now I'm paying in installments.
My deeply southern family raised me to never talk about money. We were poor, sometimes living in our car, and occasionally hungry. But we never said it out loud.
Now, as a single mother of three kids with significant medical needs, I've worked several jobs to pay for their childcare and healthcare.
Still, I ended up with $100,000 in debt. I was ashamed until I started talking about it with people in my life. My friends' reactions were surprising — and ultimately brought us closer.
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