After a tense standoff in which he expressed hope that I would wait until he was "in a better spot financially," the XY paid the first child support installment of the new year two days late.
Yay!
Unfortunately the check was $300 short (and perhaps even more infuriatingly, he called me "babe" when he dropped it off, which isn't even something he used to call me while we were married so it's CATHERINE'S pet name, which ewww poor her).
This...does not make my heart sing, nor does it make me optimistic about making rent (due in three days), because last week was a short week too so my paycheck this week will be short and I already went grocery shopping today in anticipation of receiving the full amount of child support due so we can't even tighten our collective belts.
Et tu, 2012?
The XY...man.
What a weasel.
Posted by: K | January 3, 2012 at 09:56 AM
That's one word for him...
Posted by: MFA Mama | January 3, 2012 at 09:58 AM
I threw up a little when I read that he called you "babe". That's so... icky. And the 300 dollars short, he better f*cking come up with that and fast. How does he think he can get away with that?
Posted by: AlexMac | January 3, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Easy: for him to get into any trouble for this I'd have to be able to afford a lawyer to file suit.
Posted by: MFA Mama | January 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM