I get $130 per month from my ex, and it has been this way for several years. It is really supposed to be $260 per month according to the divorce decree from 1988. I never asked for more than that because he really doesn't care about our daughter and never has. I divorced him for good reason... alcoholic, abusive, violent. From the beginning, he was a total crap about her... made NO attempt to hide the fact that he wanted a son. He even had the bad taste to TELL HER that he was jealous of me because I now have a son and he still does not. He came close to molesting her once when she was 12 (and he was drunk) and she told me about it. She fended him off but another child might not have had the courage. So I took a stand and told her she could choose to not be a victim, and she has requested not to visit him without the assistance of a mediator/social worker (at my expense). He refused and hasn't seen her in over 4 years, and that has been his choice. She sees a counselor to help her deal with it. It's his loss... she is one of the most amazing young women I have ever had the privelege of knowing.
BTW, I give her that $130 each month, half for allowance and half to her savings. I don't give a flip about money. I just want my children to grow up healthy and whole.
Don't think too much about how much money you pay. Concern yourself with your child's emotional, physical, and mental health and consider it the best investment you'll ever make.
BTW, I give her that $130 each month, half for allowance and half to her savings. I don't give a flip about money. I just want my children to grow up healthy and whole.
Don't think too much about how much money you pay. Concern yourself with your child's emotional, physical, and mental health and consider it the best investment you'll ever make.
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