Weekend Warrior so called "Dad"

by Amanda
(Phoenix, Arizona)

My son goes to his dad's house every other weekend. Things have been rocky and still are. Last Friday I told my son's dad what was going on with daycare and if he can help me with it. He was fine and cool about it. All day Thursday of this week, I sent him a text message saying "will you please help me with daycare, if possible." No response back. Text him couple of hours later saying "did you get my message earlier?" He sent a text back saying "I'm busy." I replied back "ok, sorry." Later on that night I called him, phone rang and went to voicemail and had asked him to call me back in a timely manner. No phone call back. This morning I checked my messages on myspace.com and he told me that "I am not too happy with you right now cause you've been asking me for money when you get child support. The child support should cover everything like daycare, food, clothing and so on. If you are using it on other people that's not right. I am not going to give you anymore money what's so ever." I do receive child support but not enough to cover child expenses. I get $122.13 every 2 weeks and it doesn't come in on time. I hardly ever ask him for money, this was the time to ask. I work a part time job at $8.25 an hour and he gets 10.50 an hour working a full time job. Not only that, he's 30 years old living in mom and dad's basement and mooching off of mom and dad. There are alot of parents out there who are raising their child(ren) alone or with some help with a significant other, they are the ones who support their child(ren)on their own. I give respect to them and I also honor them. For those who are wondering if I have other kids or moved on with life, the answer is yes. I have another child from the guy who helped me raise my son since he was 8 months old and also we are a happily married couple and one big happy family.