Has anyone seen anybody cry at the 341?

[jsofaz]

A woman cried at our 341. We felt so bad for her. The trustee was asking her about a woman she had paid a large sum of money to a few months ago. She told a story about her husband dying while they were in California. This woman helped her with arrangements and became her assistant. Anyway she cried when speaking about her husband. The trustee tried to be gentle with her. It was hard to listen to.

[Pandora]

I cried at ours.... couldnt help it. Tried not to - but our Trustee's representative was looking at us (moreso me) so pitifully when she asked "what happened exactly - your husband lost his job, is that correct?" I said yes and she said "I'm so very sorry.." I just..simply lost it. Felt dumb but kept it together enough without snotting all over the table

[Flamingo]

Before we filed, a co-worker of mine knew my husband lost his job and we were struggling as we lost 70% of our income. She told me she filed Chapter 13 two years prior and had less than one year to go. She said she felt so awful for going crazy with credit cards that she burst out into tears in front of the trustee and exclaimed it was all her fault, she felt bad that it had come to this and she would never put herself in the same position again. She was the one who first told me to investigate Chapter 13 to save our home and I made my first phone call that day to my first attorney boss (and I burst out into tears on the phone!), a long-term family friend, who gave us an excellent referral.

[JackBondLove]

I'm just curious. It seems that the 341 meeting is where the rubber meets the road in a BK, and some folks are just so wound up that once the trustee starts the grilling (especially if he was hardazz like mine was) that they just break down.