Originally posted by frustratedwithex
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In a shared custody situation, CS is basically disguised spousal support to punish the harder working spouse.
Really!! Just because I collect child support I am not attempting to increase my income, which by the way will never, never, never match my exs. And I am relying on "handouts" and I am not a role model for my children?!!
Hopefully, the lesson that your children learn when they grow up is that they should be independent, successful people. They should look at you and be ashamed on your behalf. Frankly, I would find it humiliating to live with a parent who did not have the ambition to increase her income, but was willing to take money from another adult.
They should aspire to be better than you, and they probably will. The fact that you take support is not a matter of pride, it is a recognition of failure on your part to be a positive, useful, contributing member of society. If you don't earn as much as your ex, that is your fault. Get off the couch and start working more if you want the higher income, stop being a leech.
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