I wouldn't feel so guilty about the recliner -- it's a tangible benefit to you and your kids, so unlike a pogo stick. Who cares what your STBX might think? Plus your D10 seeing the point about the next step of frugality proves you've found a perfect teachable moment -- don't forget to make use of that.
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Oh, NC, how could you ruin the fun for her???
I was just so much the evil H to her! What flabbergasts me the more I think about it is that our home that I moved out of during the separation had a spare bedroom with a perfectly fine single bed that I should have been able to move with me into the apartment. And yet she claimed she wanted it for her mother and told me I should use the air mattress instead -- I must have been extremely shell-shocked to have accepted her excuses while she shafted me so badly. I guess I just couldn't really believe the separation would be anything ore than a temporary living arrangement. Man, was I ever an idiot!
