my name is XXXX XXXX, my school was XXXX college, from which I never graduated and was there for 3 years. now i have a huge monthly payment on my private student loans that i can not keep up with. i dont make a whole lot and with small children at home and other bills to pay it 's almost impossible to pay them. I have asked for deferments, forbearances, and tried to enter into plans but the payments are still too high. I am worried about defaulting on these loans and ruining my credit but i have no other options. the monthly payments are just way too high and i simply do not have the money to pay them. ive tried researching other avenue 's but there isnt much help out there for private student loans. I 've called Navient ( sallie mae ) several times asking for help but they dont seem to care about every day problems people are facing, they just want their money, bottom line, and i do not have it. i struggle to keep a roof over my kids head as it is and now i can not pay the amount they have given me to pay ... If i have to choose between food for my kids and paying my loan, well, my family comes first. I ran out of oil a couple weeks back and had to miss a payment in order to get fuel to heat my home and now im in danger of defaulting on these loans. They want me to pay an amount I can not afford, for a student loan for a college i never graduated from. I do n't have a college degree because i never finished school and i work a blue collar job that pays very little ...