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Not the kind of good news I can share in real life, but I need to tell someone!

175 replies

EllisRoses · 08/04/2021 22:22

So MN it is...

I am officially out of debt Smile

I paid my last payment to Stepchange today. I have been on a DMP for years trying to claw my way out of £23k worth of debt.

No one in RL knew how bad it was, so I feel I can't celebrate with anyone. I just wanted to share it somewhere. Not a brag, it's my own fault for getting in so deep, and it's a long way until my credit score will recover but I am very proud of myself and feel like a huge weight has been lifted.

Gin
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rooarsome · 08/04/2021 22:23

Congratulations! Grin

Ikeameatballs · 08/04/2021 22:23

Well done! That’s an absolutely amazing achievement.

Fuckingcrustybread · 08/04/2021 22:23

Congratulations and well done to you. Quite rightly you should be extremely pleased about this. 💐

catherineofarrogance80 · 08/04/2021 22:23

Well done you!!!

terribleg · 08/04/2021 22:24

Whoop whoop!

LittleRa · 08/04/2021 22:24

Brilliant, well done!

JustHereWithPopcorn · 08/04/2021 22:24

Congratulations! You should be so proud! GrinThanks

Feelinghothothottoday · 08/04/2021 22:24

Amazing!!! Well done you!!!

user1487194234 · 08/04/2021 22:24

Well done x

Jasminesmellingcandles · 08/04/2021 22:25

Good for you, congratulations OP.

OverByYer · 08/04/2021 22:25

Awesome, that’s a huge achievement

Apileofballyhoo · 08/04/2021 22:25

I love hearing this kind of good news! Well done!

Yodabrussel · 08/04/2021 22:25

Well done ! Be very proud of yourself. Unmanageable debt is a heavy weight to carry 👏🏻

SwimmingOnEggshells · 08/04/2021 22:25

That's an amazing achievement, well done!

PainAgain · 08/04/2021 22:25

Hooray! Hope you can now build an emergency fund and some savings. You deserve that peace of mind.

Buckingafout · 08/04/2021 22:25

Flowers congratulations, really well done!

Furrybutts · 08/04/2021 22:25

Well done op. I'm so pleased for you!

I make my last IVA payment in Sept this year, and I'm so looking forward to building my credit score again.

Honeybobbin · 08/04/2021 22:26

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Rainallnight · 08/04/2021 22:26

Bravo. It’s huge to have turned that around. Enjoy the feeling.

Genegenieee · 08/04/2021 22:27

Congratulations - that must feel wonderful!

Timeisavirtue · 08/04/2021 22:27

I endured a bit of debt (8k) 8 years back. I’m not proud of it but it happened and I too used stepchange. I paid it off pretty quickly as work picked up and as part of it was DP he paid some too.
I now have a very good credit score, fairly high to be honest. I’ve able to secure some hard to get credit cards which I’ve paid off before the interes5 free runs out. It’s a good feeling. Well done you 😊

TheDogsMother · 08/04/2021 22:28

What an amazing achievement ! Brilliant OP.

DoubleTweenQueen · 08/04/2021 22:28

That's a huge achievement - congratulations Flowers

EllisRoses · 08/04/2021 22:29

Wow I didn't expect so many replies. Thank you Grin

@Furrybutts The end is in sight! It is hard. I'm trying to not dwell on the fact I'm still so far away from being in a good place credit wise and just focus on the fact that atleast it's gone. 6 years and it'll all be wiped off my credit report! I've not even been able to get my own phone contacts. We just bought a house and I wasn't even able to go on the mortgage. We're going to remortgage in 6 years to add me to it and I'll be back in debt then, albeit better debt Grin

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YogaLite · 08/04/2021 22:29

Very happy for u OP Star

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