Long story short, when I was 18 in 2006, I signed a private loan for school with my step father as a co-signer. We knew nothing about loans for school, so now I regret this.
Anyway, we were going through AES for my loan. After my first year, I had no means to keep paying for school and had no credit to take out a loan. I was scared to do it alone and my mom and step dad went through bankruptcy, so I took 6 months off. I paid the first few payments due, then lost my job. I knew nothing about forebearance, I was just a kid. In 2007 I got a new job and went back to school part time.