She put a "budget" together for me based on what she thinks is going to be agreed to in the D papers. Just got an e-mail from her telling me this is not going to work ... w/o child support, she is in the hole $600.
What's not going to work? The apartment I picked out? I got the smallest possible apartment I could get for the lowest rent in the safest area for my kids. I have no intention of finding a cheaper place further away in a more dangerous part of town. The budget I figured out on my own seemed to be fine, and includes my share of child-care during the joint times that I have them.
What's she angling for here? Child support payments? My business collapsed and I am starting over, so she makes substantially more than I right now. Maybe she ought to be the one to adjust her living situation ... break her lease and move to a small apartment. D means breaking up a home and supporting two places safe and appropriate for the kids. I'm done making sacrifices for this little life-style she's chosen.
