To expect ex wife to pay her way with 50:50 shared care

[youknowitmakessensedunnit]

Women's view please! I got divorced about 2 years ago and went to court over child arrangements with ex wife eventually getting a court order for 50:50 shared care for our 1 child.

I work, ex wife doesn't
We both own our own homes
I have flexible job which allows me to have full freedom to do school runs, hobbies etc in school hours
Child has completely independent life in each home, e.g. no shared stuff
I pay for all school activities and one offs

My ex wife rather than getting a job chooses to claim child maintenance from me via the CMS, child benefit and state benefits, maintaining a position that she is the child's primary caregiver because she doesn't work.

AIBU to think she's a lazy git who should stop sponging?

@ffswhatnext PIP - that well known user friendly, utterly fair, easy-to-grab free handout for the numerous hordes of bone idle & feckless.

Just in case, for the irony-free: 😉

@UniversalAunt

That's what I hate sometimes about written text. It's hard to pick up on irony etc.
I did wonder, but with all the misinformation already, you never know 😂

We can only assume she is happy with the status quo.

Well, of course she is.

I feel if she chooses not to work then OK (although no reason why she can't), but then she shouldn't be expecting money from her ex if it's 50:50.

Agree rain

How does she expect to feed herself and your child if she doesn’t work ? Tax payers do not want to go to work and pay taxes for a mother of a 6 year old to stay at home all day . It’s a joke .
The child is 6 ,she needs to find a job . Universal credit will force her too anyway. I’d just sit back and wait .