Today, I found out that I'm a dad. My ex from 8 years ago contacted me through facebook. I'm happy I have a kid, but apparently she only contacted me because she wants me to start paying child support, now her boyfriend who provided for them left. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my ex started to talk to me again after 3 years. I've been in an amazing relationship for the last 2 years. She let me know she is taking me to court for child support. I didn't even know I had a kid. FML
Today, my ex-wife's kids, who I dumped alongside her and completely cut ties with when I found out they weren't mine, found me on social media. FML
Today, I found out that my ex is expecting another kid. Not only is this a man who tried to hook up with me last month, he's also the one who, when I asked him to pay child support for our two, told me that he could just "make some more". Guess he was right. FML
Today, to my horror, I discovered I will owe child support for the kids my ex and I adopted together since she couldn't have any. I've met someone else and I'm planning on having real kids with her, but these payments will destroy everything. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-husband just had a baby with his new partner. We only split up a week ago. FML
Today, I found out my ex-wife (who I have kids with) is now pregnant with another guy's twin babies. We have only been divorced a couple of months. FML
Today, I found out I have a daughter. How did I find out? She added me on Facebook. FML
Today, I learned who my dad's new fiancée is. Upon meeting her she exclaimed, "My, I haven't seen you in a while!" She's my ex-boyfriend's mom. FML
Today, my father who left my family over 10 years ago and never contacted us or paid child support, poked me on Facebook. FML
Today, after a few years of not feeling ready since my daughter born, I went to my ex's apartment to tell her I am ready to be a dad. Turns out she moved out, two years ago, and left me forwarding address for me. I tried calling her phone. The number was disconnected. FML
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unfortunate_13 5
ask for a dna-test. she seems crazy enough to make up the story to get some extra money.
Mirorbo 27
Women like that are not making other single moms look good with the 'money hungry' stereotype that's growing these days....
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fnyunj 3
GET A LAWYER!!!! (laws vary per state). Make sure there is a DNA test. Do everything you can to MINIMIZE your verifiable income (if you work a regular income job with W-2's you're screwed); and try to MAXIMIZE your verifiable legitimate living expenses (some states let you deduct this from your income to compute allowable deductions for child support). Also - decide what kind of visitation you want - how involved do you want to be? This is also often taken into consideration when calculating child support. In fact, in some states, YOU CAN SUE FOR JOINT CUSTODY, 50/50 custody means, NO CHILD SUPPORT. Or, if she's mentally unstable, and a screw up, and an unfit parent, sue for SOLE CUSTODY - - she pays YOU Child Support (a male friend of mine did this - and WON; because his gf had been institutionalized 3 times for suicidal depression. . . no, srsly, she was fcking crazy). If you just want to have as little to do as possible; get your lawyer together, and see what you can do about creating a minimal income profile. Maybe take a leave of absence from your job if you have a high-paying job. If she's in a different state, and if she's on welfare, or also very poor, it will be almost impossible for her to check-up on you. (block her, and everyone she knows on FB). Make it look like you are a busboy, and you earn minimum wage, and that's all you get. The judge will give her like $150/month. After the court decision is set, go back to your old job. Unfortunately - they're probably going to try to sue for back-support, which will mean they'll want like the last 8 years of W-2's which means they'll want a % cut of that (like 25%) (I know, FYL) even if you are now unemployed and homeless. Yes, if you have a penis in this world, you are the devil. This is why: #1 - get that DNA test! if it's negative, txt her a picture of you flipping her the bird and calling her a lazy greedy ****.
logicalliv 9
@98 - you're an a**hole. I agree, get a DNA test. If you're the dad, you will have to pay child support, but you'll have rights as well, assuming that you would like to meet & get to know your child. I do agree that retro-active child support is BS, when the guy never knew he had a kid. Maybe you could fight that, based on the fact that you didn't have any knowledge of, or rights to meet/see the kid? Regarding the woman - she should have told the ex, totally awful to not let the guy know about the kid. (assuming she's on the level). Worse to contact him now, and insist that she only wants money from him. However, what do we know about the dad? Maybe they had an abusive relationship? Maybe some very ugly things were said/done? Maybe she truly felt that having him out of the kid's life was the best solution, and the only reason she's contacting him now is because of economic necessity. (Lost her job, or in this case support of boyfriend....if she applied for state assistance, I believe they automatically pursue child support on your behalf before they'll help anyone.)
marvin_fml 0
People like you are the biggest problem with the whole family court. You don't even know the OP, yet automatically assume he was abusive and a lousy parent just because he's a guy! With man hating attitudes like yours, its no wonder so many children grow up without fathers.
Erindub 0
Ha, ha! YDI for having a Facebook account
Yanni_S 0
Stop using your facebook account so she thinks you haven't been on @_@!! ..or well at least first have the kid's DNA checked out, don't pay till you know for sure. But I'm sure it's possible to fight it as well, you weren't told she was pregnant, you weren't able to see the kid when he was born, when he was a baby or while growing up then she comes out of the blue simply for money? Regardless of if that sounds bad or not, she's the asshole.
zyxwv88 1
I agree with the others. DNA test first, and then if the kid is yours and you need to pay child support, make sure that you get visitation. If you pay, you should get to see your kid.
misslizz327 0
by law her bf has to pay the child support cause he supported the kid from birth one of my friends got into a situation likr that turns out wasn't his kid anyway. but u should get a DNA test and some kind of custody do u can atleast see what if paying for
marvin_fml 0
Sadly I believe you are correct. In the eyes of the law her boyfriend has "acted as a parent", therefore he has "parental responsibilities". What this teaches guys is:- 1) Never get involved with a woman who has children, or 2) If you do get involved with a solo mother, never spend time with her kids. Because if you do, you'll be liable for child support for kids that aren't even yours!
boatkicker 5
Only as long as the child's real father is not involved. In OPs case, the boyfriend would be responsible, yes. In other cases where the actual father is involved in the kids life, the boyfriend will not be given parental responsibility because it's already being given to the father.
nond2nv 4
yep. DNA required.
iSometimes 5
child support? that's the worst STD out there! dayum, fyl.
cursesonyourmom 1
get a dna test. if its yours offer to pay support if you get visitation. sucks that she didn't tell you till now, but your fault (and hers, it takes 2) for knocking her up.
Christopher08 0
Damn due good luck with that. all I have left to say is run bitch run