Well, That Sucks

My ex got back to me last night via email; he said that he lined up a mediator if I was interested in pursing the matter of reducing my child support. Funny...I though that he would actually just realize that what he was doing was wrong and want to cut me some slack. Boy, what a dummy I am.

I sat down for the first time this morning and plugged in the actual numbers and discovered that the amount that I should be paying him per month is...exactly around what I'm already paying him. Damn.

I sent him a response letting him know that I had worked the numbers and technically am paying him what the State would tell us I should be paying him. The problem is that I can't get past the philosophical thought that I shouldn't have to pay him one red cent. I mean, he's a man, for chrissakes. Right?

In the past 2-and-a-half years I've paid this man close to $25,000 to have my children half the time because he and his wife cannot get their wits about them to support themselves. I could never imagine, in a million years, urging Scott to take his ex-wife to court so that she could support us. I'd rather take a second job at McDonald's than allow another woman to support my family. And I KNOW that Scott would never, ever consider extorting money out of his ex-wife to support a lifestyle that he and I couldn't sustain on our own.

I asked my ex to consider lowering the amount anyway. A tiny part of me wonders if he'll try to come after me for MORE money now that I asked him to lower it. I wouldn't put it past him. At this point, I wouldn't put anything past him.