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BM cant afford school clothes but just bought a new camper.

areyoukiddingme's picture

Hmmm. SD16 has been complaining about having to buy "all" of her own clothes for school. We help her out with gas, school fees, etc. But we can't afford to just give her $100+ for school clothes. We have 2 other kids (my bio kids) as well to take care of. And they didn't even get all new clothes and stuff for school.

The other night when this issue came up again, along with all of the other things that SD16 "has to" pay for (ie: the things that she wants but doesn't need) she also mentioned that BM won't give her any money for school clothes either.

DH pays BM a good amount of money in child support every month that she shouldn't have any issues giving SD16 a few bucks for clothes and still have some left over to help out with whatever else it is that child support is to help with. It is really not my business what BM spends child support on but I do have a hard time when I find out that she has just bought a new camper. I receive child support and that money goes towards the kids not a new camper.

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SteppingUp's picture

One of my biggest pet peeves about BM, but my own dad does it too. He's the type who'll go buy a camper and go to music festivals and take vacations but then complain about not having money! Arg!

And of course BM gets her nails done (a new design each week), hair done, tans like crazy, has been to Chicago, NYC, Minneapolis, and now Seattle all this summer, brags about buying 10 pairs of jeans and 15 pairs of shoes or her $250 weight loss pills system on her FB, goes out every free night she has, but the minute we want to put the skids in gymnastics, get them a hair cut, etc, she suddenly doesn't have the money.

overit2's picture

YEp-like BM crying that SD needed running shoes and cleats-bf denied and his parents took and got to pairs of Nike's....and then bm is going to a 3 day beach vacation this wknd lol

ALWAYS gets her hair done once a month, tanning bed, money for clothes and such....

Still Have Hope's picture

DH never had a problem calling BM and asking why skids needed new clothes, shoes, haircut, etc. when he was paying so much CS. One call usually lit a fire under BM's bum to get them what they needed.

Siferra's picture

Our BM was refusing to pay for daycare when my DH said "That's what child support is for" She actually said these words:

"If I use the child support for day care then I won't have any money for ME!"

truebloodfreak's picture

BM sends nothing for her kids. The live with us.24/7. I've texted her and asked if she plans on getting them.school.supplies and uniforms.she ignores me so me and SO are.trying to make her pay child support. If your SD is 16,she can work right??

areyoukiddingme's picture

BM is impossible to talk to. She is a sociopathic, manipulative, self centered, controlling person.

Yes. She is working. Granted, she doesn't work a lot due to where she's working. And one thing that gets me is that she has two full size closets FULL of clothes. One at her moms and one here. If she needs anything, its probably underwear.

When I was her age (long ago), I worked almost full time, had my own health insurance, paid for all of my own clothes, gas, oil changes, school supplies, etc. My circumstances were a lot different than hers. However, I can honestly say that my circumstances made me more responsible as a person.

areyoukiddingme's picture

Lol. My point is that she has more clothes than she knows what to do with. She will need new underwear before she needs any new clothes.

NancyL's picture

After receiving CS and Alimony my favorite quote is, "I don't have any money go ask your father."

Its terrible watching the children do without because the BP spent the money on them selves rather than help the kds.

herewegoagain's picture

And you say "sorry, you know we give your mother money...please have your mother call me and we can discuss"...DH did this last year when skid texted asking for money for school clothes at the END OF MARCH...although she had already missed about 60 days of school that semester...lol Her response? "This has NOTHING to do with my mom...she has TWO other kids to support". My DH's response? "I pay her money for you and thus, if YOU need something else, she needs to call ME, not you...and by the way, her having 2 other kids to support is NOT my problem." That was the end of the conversation...oh, after "you F#$%#$%ing loser, my mom is right you are a F#$%#$%ing loser..."

Doubletakex3's picture

What about a BM that doesn't pay child support and won't even buy the kid a pack of graph paper when he's trying to do homework at her house! "Call your father for that." I'm hoping there's a special place in the afterlife for those kinds of "parents."

areyoukiddingme's picture

Tell me about it. As I said, I receive CS but as I haven't said, I also pay CS for my BD that lives with her dad during the school year. Her Bio-dad doesn't ask me for money, but I do volunteer to buy her things like new glasses every year, school supplies or anything else that may come up during the school year. I would feel so guilty if I didn't pay my CS.