Stick to your guns or shake hands and come out smiling

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One is principled stuff. The banker has accused me of a bunch of lies that have disturbed me a lot. I can accuse them of playing with my reputation, in public records, and make them miserable. I have a bunch of content that I can throw at their faces, and I would not be wrong. If the bank's reputation is important, so is mine. Hurling accusations at each other can be noisy and fun, when others are doing it. Not when I am a party in that scenario. My heart's lub dub goes lub lub dub dub. lub dub lub dub dub lub...yeah..I hate confrontation. And of course, at the end of it I would have all my monies as the judge would have given, not a penny lost in the order. Agreed it will take a while..may be a week or fortnight. Or may be it will go to the higher courts. But eventually it will come. At the other end, I can simply say, this is what I will not compromise on, and in addition, these are my expenses, and will be my expenses. This is the maximum I can relent. I would have compromised. It would not feel good of course. But going forward, I would have the stone lifted off my chest. The banker would have smug smile. I would feel defeated. Tired and defeated perhaps..even after winning the case, and getting a tad less than what the judge considers reasonable. All to get the monies in my bank within a fortnight, and close the chapter that has taken toll of my mental peace. The smug smiling banker is going to promise the world to me, saying you can avail loan from us anytime. My mind would be saying idjit that indemnity and undertaking asked just that. Banker would be thinking...good that she suffered, next time she won't cross swords with us. Whatever...4th of July ...American Independence day.. Will the 4th of July be mine too? Will I come out with as much dignity as possible? What would you have chosen? Would you think less of me, if I chose not to go to higher courts? Believe me it is not because my case has no merits. It is because I am tired of the legal system.