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Mel - why do you resort to name-calling when you don't agree with what
someone is saying? Simpleton. "angel235" wrote in message om... You are using your position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try to take more money from him. No - there isn't any change in the laws just the circumstances. The original $$ was in no way adequate to pay for his portion of raising his son so I was supplementing his inadequacies. Now he is able to take up his own slack and he should do so. He is threatening to use his position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try and take more of his sons time from you. Seems to me like both of you are using your son to fight over time/money. If you want to show that you aren't, call his bluff - offer him the extra time with no strings attached irregardless of the outcome of any support debates. My ex is a "Taker" and I'm sick of giving without getting the same. Is that too much to ask?? Why should I concede to EVERYTHING? I am, clearly, the bigger person but you know, I sometimes feel that he should even attempt to take the high ground and he just doesn't. It's just draining. And, if I called his bluff as you suggested, he again, would be taking (by my giving him more time) and in return, giving nothing. How angelic am I supposed to be? Why don't I just let my ex have 5 days a week with my son and pay no money for his support at all? Does this seem fair??? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. Mel Gamble |
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Melvin Gamble wrote in message ...
You are a perfect example to point at for those who argue... that if raising your own children were such a costly undertaking, women would be begging fathers to take over the job. If women were paid the same amount of money for the same job that men are maybe they wouldn't have to ask for the money. However, the bigger picture is that the women did not make these children by themselves. Speaking strictly of my case, both of us chose to bring our son into the world and be responsible for him. Just because we didn't stay married doesn't mean that either of us should be absolved of our responsibility of that decision. Did you ever stop to think that if you called his bluff it would be FOR YOUR SON? I can HONESTLY say that my son (so far) has never expressed his desire to spend more time with his father. The only desire he occassionally has is to talk to him and I'm right there handing him the phone and dialing his dad's number. And BTW - his father, who has only a cell phone (no home phone) and a work phone with caller ID - frequently doesn't answer his phone. And since you will probably assume that it's me he doesn't want to talk to, I'll go ahead and let you know that our (my Ex and I)means of communicating is via email or at exchanges and we've agreed to not fight in front of our son. I know that in the future my son may indeed ask to spend more time with his dad and FOR THAT reason I will be happy to let him do so. I have no such obligation to do things to make my Ex happy anymore - we're divorced. But I will do things to accommodate my son's needs when the time comes. Why not let your ex have 5 days and pay nothing???? Why not indeed? Why not? Does it seem fair? Does it seem fair to whom? Fair to your son and ex? Maybe more fair than the limited time they have now. Fair to you? Financially, yes - your ex would be responsible for over half of your son's living expenses and you would be responsible for less than half - what's your problem with that? Fair time-wise? Hmmmmm, you'd have your son for more of the time than your ex does now - you tell us how fair that would be..... Who is being shortchanged? My son? No - see above. My ex? Maybe, but if he wanted quality time with his son then why does he consistently include others in his visits with his son? Why doesn't he covet the time he has with his son so dearly that he wouldn't dream of sharing him with someone else? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me Geeee, wouldn't have guessed that from your posts.... My ex is the burden not my son. and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. So what was it again that you're moaning about????? If you've forgotten why don't you take the time to reread previous posts - it sounds like you have a lot of free time on your hands. Mel Gamble Mel Gamble |
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"angel235" wrote in message om... "Bob Whiteside" wrote in message k.net... "angel235" wrote in message m... You are taking the only thing he has remaining after the divorce - visitation leverage. That's a load of crap. I interpret what you're saying as he has nothing left that he can use to control of the situation to have it work in his favor. I know it's hard to get used to it but get used to it. I guess this means input that doesn't fit the template of what you want to hear will be attacked. You really didn't want "thoughts and advice" did you - you are looking for sympathy and agreement. I never said I was going to agree with what thoughts and advice I recieved. And as far as attacks go I don't believe I threw the first "punch" but I'm sure as hell going to defend myself and my positions. If all I wanted was sympathy and agreement I'd have gone to a like-minded NG full of sinle parent families. (Note I said single parent and not single moms.) What you need to understand is you and your ex can work out an amicable visitation/access agreement on your own that includes some flexibility between the parents, or he can go to the court and the judge will order the standard visitation order. Fighting his attempts to get the SVO terms is a losing position for you to take. You have a pattern of agreeing with the "old" SVO terms and you will be hard pressed to show a judge there are good cause reasons to not allow the "new" SVO terms. Plus you are taking a position that is totally unreasonable, i.e. since he didn't attempt to update the visitation order several years ago, he lost his chance to update it. I didn't make the rules. You're not the first one to come in here and hide behind the state being the surrogate husband protecting you from your child's father. What you are ignoring is the "rules" change and court orders can be modified over time to adjust the order's terms as the state laws change. I've observed first hand what goes on on these particular NG's. I'm not a surrogate father, I'm a determined, persistant mother who has to take up the slack for my son's male parent because he won't step up to the plate. Apparently my point was missed. The STATE becomes the surrogate HUSBAND to protect the MOTHER. I did not say anything about you being a surrogate father. He is the father of my son and like every mother I want the very best for my son. Unfortunately, what we got was his father which clearly demonstrates that the world is full of good and bad and my son will have to learn to deal with negatives all throughout his life. I'm just sorry that he has to start dealing with disappointments in life so early. Well actually, that's not true - all of this stuff has been successfully sheielded from him by my Ex and me. But I know that every time I hold my tongue in front of my son I keep telling myself that it won't be me who opens my sons eyes to what his father is - it will be his father who does that. If you really want what is best for your son, you will encourage liberal visitation/access between the boy and his father. If you restrict their time together you will eventually have to deal with your son coming to you to let him go live with his father. Even with liberal visitation now, teenage boys and girls have a strong desire to live with their fathers, and that is why men like me become custodial parents when the children get older. What if he could take the same position and say since the CS order was not updated when the CS guidelines were reviewed you as the CP have lost the ability to get an increase in CS? Well, I suppose in your (male) perfect world things would work that way but you know what - the white male america does not have the control that he used to before slavery was outlawed and women were given the power to vote. You're a sore loser. How can I be a sore loser? My children respect me, we have a great relationship, and I don't have to pay state mandated CS. Good for you. I don't know your situation is but it sounds like your pretty proud of the fact that your successfully circumvented having to take responsibility for the children that you helped bring into this world. Bravo! Your agenda is showing. Have you considered that maybe some of the men here are custodial parents? Or that our adult children no longer fit the CS law definitions but we continue to support them without state mandated interference? But it sounds like you are a racist who plays the race card to advance your vicitm status. I'm not a racist I'm a realist who has grown up in a male-dominated world. But the tides are turning.... So why are you posting using the language of feminists and racists? Why does a person's gender have anything to do with their advice? What does a person's skin color have to do with the validity of their comments? And to answer your question above, I guess I would just have to live with it. Period. The question you have to answer is - Why do you feel so threatened by a request from your children's father to increase his time with the children? I assure you I feel no threat of any kind from my ex. So substitute the words "concerned" or "challenged" or "resistant" in the question about why you are against giving the children's father more time with the children. Ok - I don't think he should have any additional time with his son because the time he does have with him he always (ok - not always but 90% of the visits he has) he consistently has to include other people in these visits. And the other people end up taking time with my son while my Ex is doing other things. When your son goes to school do you allow "other people" to interact with him while you are not present? Do you "consistently" allow these "other people" access to your son? Do you ever allow your son to associate with "other people" like babysitters, his friends' parents, or your relatives while you are not present? My guess is you are being critical of the boys father for the same type of things you accept as being normal when you do them. There's no quality one-on-one time with my son. For instance - my ex is in bad standing with his family (although they love him as a family member they know what a FU he is) and he uses his son to get the positive attention from his family he so craves. He has no other interaction with his family at other times. Sounds like having his son with him is a positive, stabilizing influence and you ex is getting significant support and encouragement from his family to be a good father. Why is that a problem? He tells his son he's going to take him to a movie and then I find out they went to see Seabiscuit and the girlfriend went. Do you think that a 6 year old is really the motivation for going to that particular movie? For the sixth year in a row I throw my son's bithday party totally at my expense and invite the his whole family and his girlfriend. They show up, eat the food, put on their "I'm such an awesome parent" persona but none of them brought presents for my sons birthday. Instead they make my son wait an entire week to get his birthday gifts so that the girlfriend can throw her own party in my sons honor. So - you tell me who's being put first in my Ex's mind? Do these examples constitute child abuse of something hideous like that? Absolutely not. But actions do speak louder than words. I could go on and on with examples but it would be pointless. I have a boyfriend of almost 3 years and I _very rarely_ include him in activities with my son and I. I have 7 days a week to see my boyfriend but unlike my Ex I choose to not take away time with son to see the BF I wait until my son is with my Ex to do so. My bonding time with my son is precious and even though he lives with me I treasure time we spend together and I want him to know that when we're together I'm 100% focused on him. I would never dream of using my son to look like a better guy but then again, I don't have too. All of the above rant is about how you choose to parent your son, and bitches about how your ex chooses to parent your son. You cannot control your ex's behavior and you cannot dictate how he parents. Why do you insist on projecting your parenting style onto your sons father? |
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Ignore him. He obviously is threatened.
"angel235" wrote in message om... Mel - why do you resort to name-calling when you don't agree with what someone is saying? Simpleton. "angel235" wrote in message om... You are using your position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try to take more money from him. No - there isn't any change in the laws just the circumstances. The original $$ was in no way adequate to pay for his portion of raising his son so I was supplementing his inadequacies. Now he is able to take up his own slack and he should do so. He is threatening to use his position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try and take more of his sons time from you. Seems to me like both of you are using your son to fight over time/money. If you want to show that you aren't, call his bluff - offer him the extra time with no strings attached irregardless of the outcome of any support debates. My ex is a "Taker" and I'm sick of giving without getting the same. Is that too much to ask?? Why should I concede to EVERYTHING? I am, clearly, the bigger person but you know, I sometimes feel that he should even attempt to take the high ground and he just doesn't. It's just draining. And, if I called his bluff as you suggested, he again, would be taking (by my giving him more time) and in return, giving nothing. How angelic am I supposed to be? Why don't I just let my ex have 5 days a week with my son and pay no money for his support at all? Does this seem fair??? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. Mel Gamble |
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It's like this, "angel" - when I'm walking down the sidewalk with
somebody and we see a pile of dog**** laying in a nearby lawn, one of us may remark on how big a pile of dog**** it is. NEITHER of us feels any need to ask the one making the remark to PROVE that it's dog****. Sometimes the fact that something is what it is is just so obvious that NOBODY questions it... Your pile is huge, "angel". Mel Gamble angel235 wrote: Melvin Gamble wrote in message ... WOOOOPS!!!!!!.... angel235 wrote: You are taking the only thing he has remaining after the divorce - visitation leverage. That's a load of crap. I interpret what you're saying as he has nothing left that he can use to control of the situation to have it work in his favor. I know it's hard to get used to it but get used to it. Plus you are taking a position that is totally unreasonable, i.e. since he didn't attempt to update the visitation order several years ago, he lost his chance to update it. I didn't make the rules. What if he could take the same position and say since the CS order was not updated when the CS guidelines were reviewed you as the CP have lost the ability to get an increase in CS? Well, I suppose in your (male) perfect world things would work that ...guess we know where this one's coming from: ************************************************** ********************* way but you know what - the white male america does not have the control that he used to before slavery was outlawed and women were given the power to vote. You're a sore loser. ************************************************** ********************* Don't look for any reasoned thinking from her, just dogma and hatred. Mel Gamble Mel - instead of trying to stonewall the conversation with labels why don't you prove me wrong? |
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Hmmm....
angel235 wrote: Mel - why do you resort to name-calling when you don't agree with what someone is saying? Simpleton. "angel235" wrote in message om... You are using your position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try to take more money from him. No - there isn't any change in the laws just the circumstances. The original $$ was in no way adequate to pay for his portion of raising his son so I was **************************************** supplementing his inadequacies. **************************************** "inadequate"; Now he is able to take up his own slack and he should do so. He is threatening to use his position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try and take more of his sons time from you. Seems to me like both of you are using your son to fight over time/money. If you want to show that you aren't, call his bluff - offer him the extra time with no strings attached irregardless of the outcome of any support debates. ************************** My ex is a "Taker" ************************** "Taker"; Hmmm.... Shall I tackle some of your other posts or have you answered your own question to your satisfaction, goosey??? Mel Gamble and I'm sick of giving without getting the same. Is that too much to ask?? Why should I concede to EVERYTHING? I am, clearly, the bigger person but you know, I sometimes feel that he should even attempt to take the high ground and he just doesn't. It's just draining. And, if I called his bluff as you suggested, he again, would be taking (by my giving him more time) and in return, giving nothing. How angelic am I supposed to be? Why don't I just let my ex have 5 days a week with my son and pay no money for his support at all? Does this seem fair??? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. Mel Gamble |
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By hens like you two???? : : : Mel Gamble Fighting for kids wrote: Ignore him. He obviously is threatened. "angel235" wrote in message om... Mel - why do you resort to name-calling when you don't agree with what someone is saying? Simpleton. "angel235" wrote in message om... You are using your position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try to take more money from him. No - there isn't any change in the laws just the circumstances. The original $$ was in no way adequate to pay for his portion of raising his son so I was supplementing his inadequacies. Now he is able to take up his own slack and he should do so. He is threatening to use his position as a parent - plus a change in laws/circumstances - to try and take more of his sons time from you. Seems to me like both of you are using your son to fight over time/money. If you want to show that you aren't, call his bluff - offer him the extra time with no strings attached irregardless of the outcome of any support debates. My ex is a "Taker" and I'm sick of giving without getting the same. Is that too much to ask?? Why should I concede to EVERYTHING? I am, clearly, the bigger person but you know, I sometimes feel that he should even attempt to take the high ground and he just doesn't. It's just draining. And, if I called his bluff as you suggested, he again, would be taking (by my giving him more time) and in return, giving nothing. How angelic am I supposed to be? Why don't I just let my ex have 5 days a week with my son and pay no money for his support at all? Does this seem fair??? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. Mel Gamble |
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You need to get the newer version of the talking points....
angel235 wrote: Melvin Gamble wrote in message ... You are a perfect example to point at for those who argue... that if raising your own children were such a costly undertaking, women would be begging fathers to take over the job. If women were paid the same amount of money for the same job that men That old wives tale has been debunked for years now.... are maybe they wouldn't have to ask for the money. However, the bigger picture is that the women did not make these children by themselves. Speaking strictly of my case, both of us chose to bring our son into the world and be responsible for him. Just because we didn't stay married doesn't mean that either of us should be absolved of our responsibility of that decision. Guess that means you don't have a reply to the point I made so successfully... Did you ever stop to think that if you called his bluff it would be FOR YOUR SON? I can HONESTLY say that my son (so far) has never expressed his desire to spend more time with his father. The only desire he occassionally has is to talk to him and I'm right there handing him the phone and dialing his dad's number. And BTW - his father, who has only a cell phone (no home phone) and a work phone with caller ID - frequently doesn't answer his phone. And since you will probably assume that it's me he doesn't want to talk to, I'll go ahead and let you know that our (my Ex and I)means of communicating is via email or at exchanges and we've agreed to not fight in front of our son. I know that in the future my son may indeed ask to spend more time with his dad and FOR THAT reason I will be happy to let him do so. Please excuse any laughing you may hear..... I have no such obligation to do things to make my Ex happy anymore - Regardless of those pesky laws... we're divorced. But I will do things to accommodate my son's needs when the time comes. Statistics indicate you are already damaging your son by failing to meet his need for more time with his father. But then, you probably consider yourself an anomally rather than an abomination.... Why not let your ex have 5 days and pay nothing???? Why not indeed? Why not? Does it seem fair? Does it seem fair to whom? Fair to your son and ex? Maybe more fair than the limited time they have now. Fair to you? Financially, yes - your ex would be responsible for over half of your son's living expenses and you would be responsible for less than half - what's your problem with that? Fair time-wise? Hmmmmm, you'd have your son for more of the time than your ex does now - you tell us how fair that would be..... Who is being shortchanged? My son? No - see above. So, you wouldn't send your son to school unless he asked to go??? How old is your son that he already knows what's good for him and what isn't??? My ex? Maybe, but if he wanted quality time with his son then why does he consistently include others in his visits with his son? Why doesn't he covet the time he has with his son so dearly that he wouldn't dream of sharing him with someone else? Your son should, of course, not be exposed to the life his father really lives. Funny how some mothers derisively use the term "Disneyland Daddy" to describe a father who doesn't treat his kids like they were part of a real family, and then you put down your son's father for the opposite. Guess it's just "damned if you do, damned if you don't" isn't it....? By the way, if you are so burdened financially by all the time you have to care for your son....why aren't you pleased that your ex would offer to feed and house him more? My son is no burden to me Geeee, wouldn't have guessed that from your posts.... My ex is the burden not my son. That makes no sense at all. Not surprised. and the changes to schedules I make benefit him and his father and their time together. So what was it again that you're moaning about????? If you've forgotten why don't you take the time to reread previous posts - it sounds like you have a lot of free time on your hands. It sounds like you're saying "no problem" about the very same things you've been bitching about..... Mel Gamble Mel Gamble Mel Gamble |
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Melvin the Rambler,
On an on about nothing... the only pile of **** I see is the one in front of your face after you are done talking.. "Melvin Gamble" wrote in message ... It's like this, "angel" - when I'm walking down the sidewalk with somebody and we see a pile of dog**** laying in a nearby lawn, one of us may remark on how big a pile of dog**** it is. NEITHER of us feels any need to ask the one making the remark to PROVE that it's dog****. Sometimes the fact that something is what it is is just so obvious that NOBODY questions it... Your pile is huge, "angel". Mel Gamble angel235 wrote: Melvin Gamble wrote in message ... WOOOOPS!!!!!!.... angel235 wrote: You are taking the only thing he has remaining after the divorce - visitation leverage. That's a load of crap. I interpret what you're saying as he has nothing left that he can use to control of the situation to have it work in his favor. I know it's hard to get used to it but get used to it. Plus you are taking a position that is totally unreasonable, i.e. since he didn't attempt to update the visitation order several years ago, he lost his chance to update it. I didn't make the rules. What if he could take the same position and say since the CS order was not updated when the CS guidelines were reviewed you as the CP have lost the ability to get an increase in CS? Well, I suppose in your (male) perfect world things would work that ...guess we know where this one's coming from: ************************************************** ********************* way but you know what - the white male america does not have the control that he used to before slavery was outlawed and women were given the power to vote. You're a sore loser. ************************************************** ********************* Don't look for any reasoned thinking from her, just dogma and hatred. Mel Gamble Mel - instead of trying to stonewall the conversation with labels why don't you prove me wrong? |
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