Said I couldn’t just decide that. I didn’t argue. I got in my car and drove away.
Three days later, he texted saying he “couldn’t manage” having our son full-time because his wife was “under a lot of stress.”
A week after that, he completely cracked. He sent the full child support payment with one message attached: “Please go back to the regular schedule.”
Later that night, his wife messaged me separately. She apologized.
She said she never asked for this, didn’t even want a new car, and had no idea what he’d said to me. Was it petty? Maybe.
But I’m exhausted from being the only adult in the room who understands what responsibility actually means.
