to be laughing at my ex right now?

[cloudbutter]

Just spoken to one of his family members. He works for his friend and earns about 45k a year. He fiddles his earnings down to 16k a year and his friend pays him the rest in cash so he has to pay less child maintenance (he has 0 access so this would be fairly high should he declare his full earnings). He is a safeguarding risk to our son and court ordered 0 contact, and I have a lifelong restraining order, so IMHO he deserves no sympathy. He's just been on the phone to this family member who described him as 'going mental' that he's only going to be paid 80% of what he's declared by the government. Apparently it's all my fault as if he didn't have to pay me child maintenance he wouldn't have to have fiddled the books in the first place 😅 cheered me up in my isolation...

It's rather nasty to gloat at others' misfortune

My ex has stood back and gloated at the fact I have had to bring up 3 children financially for the last 12 years whilst he plays doting every other weekend Disney dad.

I am not sure having a wry smile on my face at this news is either me gloating or his misfortune. Pure karma. What went around finally came around. He lived it, he can now own it.

😎 karma

Serves him right...a friends ex partner does the same...chickens coming home to roost.

Worth a smile. Hope it hurts.

So just out of interest, if the NR parent is furloughed, does this mean they pay across less in maintenance if their employer does not top up the 20%?

@lmcneil003
“A crude Brexity emotion”

I’d suggest it’s rather more crude and downright disgraceful to dodge paying any meaningful contribution towards your child’s upkeep for years.

Serves the fucker right

Karma is a wonderful thing. X

Mind you, it often strikes me that all these women seem to know exactly how much their ex is hiding from the tax man were happy enough about this when they lived with him and were reaping the benefits. Otherwise how would they even know what he’s earnings are likely to really be?

It’s only when things change and that income isn’t being declared to the do they suddenly feel outraged by it, for obvious reasons.

Brilliant! Hahaha! That’s made my day

lmcneil It's rather nasty to gloat at others' misfortune

I utterly agree. However, this is not an example of misfortune. This is the legitimate consequence of his own dishonest actions biting him firmly in the arse.

EXCELLENT.

Oh dear....what a pity

I suppose all these tax fiddling frauds could always do an emergency declaration? Think recall chancellor saying....

So if they had the odd 30k in some cases they could pay up to date....

Mind you, it often strikes me that all these women seem to know exactly how much their ex is hiding from the tax man were happy enough about this when they lived with him

Some of us never lived with our exes and I was certainly never privy to my exes tax returns. I did know his rates and the fact he was a workaholic though.

Imcneil, when a so called parent commits fraud in order to avoid putting a scrap of food into the mouths of children they created, just because they are no longer in a relationship with the other parent, they are absolute scum and deserve precisely fuck all sympathy.

As a slf employed person I can only say "Laugh your socks off cloudbutter

And ignore the apologists, those telling you to look at yourself. Mainly because I would imagine that when you do you see parent who works hard to keep their child fed, clothed and housed. NOTHING to be ashamed of there!

Yesss! Hopefully this will happen to a few of them!

I think its great that the goverernment is helping all those who have paid their taxes and not the ones who haven't. I know someone who is regretting this now too

Absolutely the best thing I've read in a long time! Thank you for cheering me up in these scary times, your ex sounds like a complete cock womble and deserves everything he gets
He sounds like a nasty piece of work. I can't comprehend people who so this, as if you wouldn't want to help out your child as much as you could. Serve him bloody right

Wtf is a 'brexity type emotion'???

I'm with you op .....karma at its best 👌

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

I'd had a bit of a chuckle about those who had creatively overdeclared expenses but I hadn't made the connection to child maintenance. Karma is a bitch indeed! Loving it!

I also enjoy your ex's logic as to why it's your fault.

My ex pays for 50% of activities so I'm expecting protests this month because why should he pay when classes aren't on (they actually are on by video stream which is great) - neither his income or mine babe or will be affected by corona by the way.

Some good news at last!!

Brilliant op!

LOVE THIS!