Listen, mom2collegekids isn’t criticizing your interests as much as she is criticizing the fact that a job in those fields/with those degrees is likely to pay poorly. 60k in undergrad loans is a lot, and will probably be a heavy burden unless you can get a job that pays very, very well. That’s not too likely in your fields.
And trust me, I’m saying this as a potential art history/comparative literature major, two fields which have even worse prospects than international relations. Doing what you love is great, but avoid debt, or else you’ll be paying for it (literally and figuratively) for years.
There’s a reason you’re only allowed to take out 27k in direct loans over four years. Taking out more than that is going to be hard to pay back.