The "EX " Factor
by Wendy
I have three children, all of which are teenagers now. It has been a long and difficult road raising them without their father. When he left he took all the money from our bank account and my checks bounced for the utilities! After getting two extra jobs to pay the bills, trying to comfort children who wanted to know why dad didn't want us anymore, and learn that no matter what I did I would never be able to be Mom and dad to them, we finally found a routine of life. I never expected the state to take my ex husbands story for everything. He is more than $5,000 behind in child support. This set at the lowest possible payment a week; $70.00 a week for three kids! HE continues not to pay and to tell me he does not intend to. The child support enforcement office told me maybe I should quit a job and receive assistance. They refused to intercept his taxes, and then when the oldest child was about to turn eighteen sent me a letter saying I needed to fill out paperwork to reduce his payments for the one child! I didn't know you could pay less than nothing!? I have been able to make it on my own, but some women can't and with no where to turn many of them end up in very bad places, and situations. I write this to tell you when you see a single mom, grouchy, tired and in a hurry to get home. Have some patience and understanding, she may be fighting the losing battle of trying to receive the help and assistance her children deserve from a deadbeat dad. (God Bless You All)
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