WAW? Would Love Opinions. Part 11

[Jim1234]

I do want to increase my earnings substantially in the next five years

This brings up something I haven't really seen addressed on this board.

I make some pretty good money, and never really had to pick up overtime. Now that I'm paying alimony pendente lite and child support, money's tight. I think maybe I'll pick up some overtime, but what stops me is the thought that if I do, she will know it (I have to keep her informed of my work schedule to make sure one of us is home for the kids), and after a two months of having a nice bonus in my paycheck, she'll take me back to court and use my recent, temporarily inflated earnings to force me to pay more in alimony and child support, making it necessary to continue picking up overtime every month from now on.

I could also take a promotion, but frankly, the idea of consequently paying her more in alimony and child support pi$$es me off, and is a huge disincentive for doing so.

(Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread, but earning power came up here.... )