First of all, just wanted to say I realise I am lucky that my child’s dad pays some form of child maintenance as I know a lot of dads don’t.
I’m wondering whether what my ex gives me for our son is enough though.
We split up when my son was a year and a half old (he’s now 13) and we sorted an agreement between us rather than going through child maintenance service.
He works full time - not sure what he does but he recently told me he couldn’t have our son when arranged as he had been offered a cover shift for a shift manager at £250 for 10 hours work which he wasn’t going to turn down.
Anyway he gives me £30 a week maintenance for our son which has been the same since he was little - obviously as he’s gotten older things cost more and he needs more money for things. Clothing for example is a lot more expensive now (he’s in men’s sizes as very tall) than it used to be when he was a toddler.
I know with the cost of living it’s impacting everyone so I was wondering whether it would be unreasonable for me to ask him whether there is anyway he could increase it a bit? As what he is giving me is helping a bit but not anywhere near enough.
Just for reference - he has him one night a week for half of the year so basically 26 nights a year on average.
He is taking him on a camping trip in august with his family for a few nights (rare occasion) and has asked whether I’d be giving him any spending money. Am I right to think this is unreasonable? I don’t ask for spending money from him when we go on a camping holiday….
Any advice would be great, thanks for reading X