Running out of time.

[Cie la vie]

Okay.

My decision to steer us toward mediation and away for the attorneys was brilliant beyond words so far.

I arrived on time as usual and as usual my unemployed XW arrived late (20 min.). She is a piece of work.

The mediator went over a few loose ends from our previous meetings and jumped right in to support both spousal and child.

As he droned on about the innumeral items and possibilities associated with support I chimed in with "Lets cut to the chase".
He wass a little taken aback by my abrupt statement but he said okay.

I proceed to state the fact that my W upon filing agreed to not seek either spousal support of child support (provided we had 50/50 custody) and she on several occasions over the proceeding months reiterate this. He than asked my W if this was the case and she said somewhat sheepishly yes. He exclaimed that that makes this easy.

He than asked if we were interested in seeing what disomaster would come up for support based on our current financial situations. My W was interested and said okay.

If she was so inclined to seek support I would have been on the hook for $2,300.00/month. Needless to say this would have put me in a very bad position financially. I'm not out of the woods yet she could change her mind and seek all or part of that number between now and signing off. She could also seek support at a later date should she fall on hard times.

I believe her guilt about how she has treated me may have played a factor in her decision to pass on support. Bottom line is I am keeping my fingers crossed that she lands a job soon and I get through the next two months with the current arrangement in place. I have a gut feeling that when she starts talking to her girl friends they'll implore her to go for whatever she can get and she'll renige on the deal.