My youngest recently turned 18. Her dad stopped paying maintenance when she turned 18.
Anyway, how he might or might not support her if/when she goes to university later this year came up in conversation between them over the weekend.
She was, understandably, really pissed off because his wife (they've been together for 12 years) made a comment along the lines of them having been generous in helping me out financially all these years.
The financial help she's referring to is the maintenance that he paid to support his child.
She's also previously made comments to my daughter about how it probably looks like they have more money than me because they have much nicer things than I do (she wouldn't know - I've only met her once and she's never been inside my house) when they've been pleading poverty to her.
He's made similar arsehole comments in the past referring to the maintenance as "all the free money your mum gets."
Some people are arseholes.
And I'm so glad that, now she's 18, my need to interact with him is all but over.
Come share in my joy with a 🍺