Absolutely, positively do not call off the support meeting in exchange for him putting your name on the account. It's a nice show of good faith on his part, but honestly, means nothing concrete - he can go out any day and open another account and have his check deposited elsewhere.
If he's truly sincere about getting back together, then he won't mind paying the support through official channels. And you may not have an option to cancel anyway since you are receiving state benefits - in my state, if you're on welfare, the child support HAS to be processed through the state.
I agreewith you, the phone story sounds flaky - he couldn't borrow someone's phone for 10 seconds to call and let you know he had no phone? Granted, he may just be in the last throes of getting Cassie out of his life - or he may be doing drugs on the weekend - or whatever. Just CALMLY state what are reasonable expectations for a man who says he wants to get back together: - signs on to pay his support - calls to let you know when he's going to flake out on you
Gee - doesn't seem like too much to ask now, does it??????
