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..to think that DS's dad is a horrible, tight-fisted mean excuse for a man

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superv1xen · 16/04/2010 19:07

...i am so angry right now.

my ex pays me £125 a month maintenance towards our 3 year old son. a year ago he moved over 100 miles away to live with his girlfriend.

he has DS 2 weekends a month (in theory anyway, he has let him down on several occasions) from saturday lunchtime to sunday teatime.

on easter weekend he came to collect him but DS was slightly poorly so he decided he wasn't going to take him basically its any excuse not to have him. but i suggested he have him the next weekend instead and then carry on as normal fortnightly from then onwards.

so the next weekend DS was better and he collected him and had him as normal.

anyway, i checked my bank today as he pays the maintenance in on the 15th of the month so i wanted to check it was in - and he had only paid £100 !!

when i challenged him about this he said he had only paid me £100 as it had cost him £25 extra quid for petrol as he "made an extra visit this month"

to me, this acually beggars belief. basically, what it comes down to is he has charged me for seeing his own son! what,,do i pay his petrol now?? it wasn't me who moved away!

AIBU to be furious about this?????? it isnt even the money - its the sheer meanness of him. and he CAN afford it, he has a really good job, swans around in a nice car and has new designer clothes everytime i see him. he makes me SICK.

OP posts:
Ladyanonymous · 17/04/2010 16:15

tootyflooty My other ex (father of the other two) also did this with a pair of trainers and they were like £13.45 or something and he took it off my maintenance including the 55p...

...I had to laugh really it was that petty

ChippingIn · 18/04/2010 12:23

I honestly don't know how some of you don't have 'ex' shaped lumps in your veggie gardens... and as for those of you with multiple ex/d/p's - I really don't know how you do it without burying the bodies....

MrsSawdust · 18/04/2010 12:45

Fuckinghell op, what a twat he sounds! Do not let him get away with it - he'll find any excuse to pay you less.

And I echo what others have said - are you sure he's paying enough?

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