This is good advice, also when you pay the loan off, keep records that you did at a location unknown to her. If the marriage goes sideways in the future, the money you spent to "make her employable" can be used in some states as credit in a property settlement negotiation. Most judges will accept an argument that paying off a spouses student loans from before you met her do count for something, And paying for continuing education (or PHD ) will relieve you from the obligation to rehabilitate her back into the work force after years of the chattel servitude of being your housewife. Keep records of all her education costs at a secret location. One so as to no incur resentment on her part, two so if years later she turns evil you will not come home from a trip and find them missing.