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Boring is starting to sound really good
Nov. 27th, 2002 03:57 pmFair warning, I can't remember how to do a cut-tag right now.
We are still waiting on the loan. The mobile home place is working on getting us the loan through one of their banks, and neither they nor the bank see a problem with giving us the loan. We still might not see the new house by Christmas, but we might actually see it before Catchild delivers now.
The place where Ebon works is going to be doing massive lay-offs next year, sometime between January and November. After the last two rounds of lay-offs, Ebon is low man on the totem pole with almost 11 years of seniority. Since they do lay-offs based on seniority, he will be losing his job sometime next year. If it's going to happen anyway, I'm praying for it to happen as late as possible.
Between Warin and Ebon's paychecks, we just barely bring in enough to cover the how much the new mortgage payment would be, plus bare minimum food, utilities, phone, medical, gas, and credit card bills. Granted, if Warin stays where he is, over the next year his wages will go from $8.25/hr to $12.25/hr. All this would be a lot easier if Ebon didn't have $1,200 a month in child support that he *has* to pay, regardless of how much he's making. This means that, to bring in enough money to just live off of, he needs a job that pays $20/hr, minimum.
That, and $800 of the above child support is through AL, one of the worst states in the US in regards to father's rights. The last time he lost a job, they told that he was being voluntarily underemployed when all he could get was a minimum wage job, and refused to lower his child support or to suspend it while he went through arbitration to get his old job back. They are not likely to lower it when the lay-offs hit next year, either.
While I agree with being responsible for your children, I don't agree with the philosophy of sucking your ex dry and then complaining about not getting child support because the man couldn't afford the gas to go to work. Being responsible is a good thing, yes. Being able to live is also a good thing.
We are still waiting on the loan. The mobile home place is working on getting us the loan through one of their banks, and neither they nor the bank see a problem with giving us the loan. We still might not see the new house by Christmas, but we might actually see it before Catchild delivers now.
The place where Ebon works is going to be doing massive lay-offs next year, sometime between January and November. After the last two rounds of lay-offs, Ebon is low man on the totem pole with almost 11 years of seniority. Since they do lay-offs based on seniority, he will be losing his job sometime next year. If it's going to happen anyway, I'm praying for it to happen as late as possible.
Between Warin and Ebon's paychecks, we just barely bring in enough to cover the how much the new mortgage payment would be, plus bare minimum food, utilities, phone, medical, gas, and credit card bills. Granted, if Warin stays where he is, over the next year his wages will go from $8.25/hr to $12.25/hr. All this would be a lot easier if Ebon didn't have $1,200 a month in child support that he *has* to pay, regardless of how much he's making. This means that, to bring in enough money to just live off of, he needs a job that pays $20/hr, minimum.
That, and $800 of the above child support is through AL, one of the worst states in the US in regards to father's rights. The last time he lost a job, they told that he was being voluntarily underemployed when all he could get was a minimum wage job, and refused to lower his child support or to suspend it while he went through arbitration to get his old job back. They are not likely to lower it when the lay-offs hit next year, either.
While I agree with being responsible for your children, I don't agree with the philosophy of sucking your ex dry and then complaining about not getting child support because the man couldn't afford the gas to go to work. Being responsible is a good thing, yes. Being able to live is also a good thing.
