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... charge everything. Bankruptcy then was a humiliation and a sign or irresponsibility, but now we no longer teach our children it is a bad word. Instead, bankruptcy and chapter 11 are ways to absolve debt and take the easy way out. The writer was trying to appeal to his audience, which he assumed knew a great deal about debt. Since we purchase things with credit cards instead of currency this concept relates to everyone. We start tabs instead of paying bills. We receive loans to be able to reach our material goals. It is easy to see why debt and bankruptcy are easy subjects for him to elaborate on, and also for his readers to relate to and understand. Also irony played a key role in this story. Money and infidelity are the biggest concerns among married couples. Money in marriages is more so a problem than infidelity. This story had both struggles. Leo and Tori suffered from bankruptcy, and on top of that Leo’s very mistake, which was cheating, became the thing he feared his partner would do th...