T my heart breaks for you. If I remember rightly your son lived with H too. Now that he is away at college your H needs to replace the money I assume he was getting for your son living there (I certainly have to pay my STBXH maintenance for my S17 - while he currently pays nothing for D14). My advice is that your D is old enough to understand this and if necessary old enough to hear the truth if she has to. My STBXH promised my S17 a car as well. Now that he is taking lessons STBHX has backed down saying that he only promised it if they moved too far away from his college, which they haven't. S17 isn't stupid and he knows deep down that a car was never likely especially now he has a baby sister due on Christmas Day.
So far none of this is bringing my S17 home b/c he is behaving in a manner that all teenagers go through. That coupled with a dad in MLC will eventually be a recipe for disaster. He knows I am here waiting for that day and he knows my arms will be open wide when they need to be.
Me 43 XH 45 M 2.7.88 Divorce 7.10.09 Kids D20,S17 & D15