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SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. Good for you.
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 01:42 PM
Oct 2012

You are a far better woman than I am, because if I had been in those circumstances I would have made it absolutely clear that he should pay the full amount of child support.

The baby with the girlfriend came about AFTER he'd creating the obligation to you and your children. Any woman who takes up with a man who already has children needs to understand very clearly where his first obligations are.

I have been very annoyed over the years when self-sacrificing second wives assure me that their husband always paid all the child support and alimony and more besides. Where are these paragons? Other than the claims of the second wives, I've never run across them.

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Good for you. SheilaT Oct 2012 #1
You know what really ticks me off mzteris Oct 2012 #2
Sounds like he may be drinking again. elleng Oct 2012 #3
how awful Evergreen Emerald Oct 2012 #4
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