"Bev" wrote in message
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On Apr 23, 11:08?pm, "Strutter" wrote:
"'Kate" wrote in message

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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:36:31 -0500, Strutter wrote for all to see:

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I also pay $8K/year in child support and another $6K/year in
traveling expenses to be with my daughter. My 39 year old ex wife
introducing her 25 year old boyfriends to my daughter just rubs me the
wrong
way a little. Especially since those relationships don't seem to be
lasting
too long.

Ya know......I thought you were thinking of your daughter when you
posted about your ex's introducing her b/f's to the child. Now I see
why your shorts are really in a knot. 8K a year in CS and 6K a year in
traveling expenses does not make up for the limited amount of time you
are spending with your child.Move closer, you can spend more time with
your daughter ,save your 6K in traveling expenses,mind your own
business about who your Ex is dating and you might feel better.

Honestly, I'm glad that I am able to provide for my daughter, and I didn't
say anything to the contrary. My only point in bringing up the money was to
illustrate that I am being responsible and staying active in my daughter's
life even though I live 1000 miles away. It's difficult. I am concerned
about strange men floating in and out of my daughter's life. I don't care
who my ex dates or how many people she dates, but I have read that young
children tend to love easily and it can be damaging to the child's trust and
ability to form relationships later in life. I don't want that for my
daughter, and she already talks about some of the guys. How do you explain
when Johnny-Come-Lately doesn't come around anymore?

Like I said, I don't care who my ex dates. I have a problem with the fact
that there have been so many lately, and they are all around my daughter. I
don't think it's right, and I don't see how my mention of child support and
traveling expenses changes that fact and turns me into the bad guy. My ex
seems to be on a trend of dating young guys that dump her after they get
what they want from her. Would you expose your child to that over and over?
I just want her to give a relationship time before my daughter is introduced
into the picture.

Not that it's any of your business, but I am working toward living close to
my daughter. Finding the right job doesn't happen overnight most of the
time. I can't help that they live in an econimically depressed area.




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