You'll never see me fall from grace

[Sugar and Spice]

Score one for Betrayed Spouses Everywhere!!!!

The proverbial pigeons have finally come home to roost. So H had the numbers run on the Diso. Master, by someone who knows the legal system and the Grand Total comes to....$477.00. The paperwork I filed and the stipulated agreement that is on file has worked like a charm. That number is also the very high maximum. The reality will be more like $375 - $400. She is getting about $600 now between daycare and food and diapers. She told him the other day..."Give me $800.00 and don't take her around me and we'll be done!" Ummmm...how bout, NO?

H told her today and he said you could visibly see the air go out of her. Apparently she is also not the brightest crayon in the box because she is now encouraging H to come home because in her world, if he is here then the $$ he is paying me goes away and he will be able to pay her more. I guess she thinks that if he moves back in here, that the house payment will magically go away and he will be able to pay her more. I'm guessing that she shouldn't sit by the mailbox and wait for her application to MENSA to arrive anytime soon.

So H is going to encourage her to come to an agreement that he can then get on paper and file with the courts. If she continues to be resistant then he is going to tell her to take him to court and whatever she gets awarded will be exactly what she gets and nothing more. If she is willing to do and agreement, then he would more inclined to make things as amicable as possible and do more than what the court would order, but if she wants to fight then she will only get what she fights for. I'm not talking about handing her more cash, but buying diapers and formula or food and other essentials and extras.

I wish I could say that it feels really good, but unfortunately its sort of a hollow victory. Yes, I outsmarted her and while that feels good, there are no real winners in this kind of situation. Just various degrees of loss.

But the meaner side of me would love to send a text along the lines of...How Do You Like Me Now? But instead I think I will wait until I finally get to meet her in person and then just laugh. The screwin' you got wasn't nearly as good as the one your getting now.