The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy written by William Shakespeare somewhere between 1590 and 1594. The story revolves around a man who lived in Padua, Italy, with his two daughters, both old enough to be married. The older daughter had a violent temper, and no suitors were strong enough to overcome her personality, but the younger daughter was sought after by two of Paduas most eligible bachelors. The Father of the two vowed not to allow the younger daughter to be pursued for marriage until the older daughter married first. An outsider comes to Padua in search of his fortune and is convinced to pursue the eldest daughter, the shrew. Instead of a traditional pursuit, the man successfully uses reverse psychology to ultimately win the daughters affections.
A shrew is a Termagant, an unpleasant, disagreeable, overbearing, or nagging woman. Since I am in the bankruptcy legal content writing industry, I read a lot of personal bankruptcy posts to get a feel for what filers are thinking and feeling before they file for bankruptcy. I read one such personal testimony this morning that reminded me of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.
Here are some excerpts from a personal bankruptcy story posted today on the internet as comments in a bankruptcy discussion: “I am 47 years old and have been successfully self-employed all my adult life. I started with nothing and built a business that had 15 employees at one point. When the economy went into the gutter in 2008 due to the mortgage fiasco, my business sales went down right along with it. Instead of finding creditors that are willing to work with me, I am finding ravenous wolves who seem to have only one goal in mind: my financial destruction. Recently, all of my creditors have decided to sue me all at once. I am willing to pay my debt ($150,000 owed to 12 creditors). I have had commercial loans that were larger than this amount in the past and paid them off in full. But they wont let me work out of it they are pushing me into a corner that I cannot work out of.”
The debtor in this personal bankruptcy illustration is ranting about his relationship with his creditors. Nothing reminds me more of Termagants than a bunch of nagging bill collectors. They are exactly like an unpleasant, disagreeable, and overbearing woman who has her own agenda and wont let go until she gets her way, regardless of the circumstances.
So, how do you handle these Termagants of bankruptcy? You tame them. You begin by using reverse psychology. Call a spade a heart, agree to more than their terms, but in reality, do what you have to do. After all, using reverse psychology is basically no more than stating the opposite of what is desired. Most bill collectors come to the table ready for opposition and a fight, and what you really need is time, so telling them what they want to hear can be very effective. Just dont sign anything.
In the end, the final taming comes with filing for bankruptcy protection. The ranting debtor in our illustration is being forced to file because of pending lawsuits with judgments he cannot afford. Filing of a Chapter 13 would allow the debtor to work his way out of debt and shut the nagging of the bill collectors completely up. The Termagants get awfully quiet when a bankruptcy trustee is handling a case. As a matter of fact, you dont have to hear the tamed ones at all.
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