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Originally Posted by gacook
Deadbeat dads are a prime reason why divorce and child support laws are the way they are; unfortunately, it also screws us decent fathers.
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I was never on the paying side, but I've seen it from the other side. My stepson's father was around to take my SS to buy school clothes and toys, but never had the money for child support. So SS grew up thinking his dad was Santa and his mother and I were grouches for worrying about the gas bill and grocery money all the time. It was difficult at the time, but in retrospect, I had the privilege of spending time with him, teaching him how to drive, how to tie a tie and put on a suit, and how to worry about money. I'm a little bit jaded in that I can look back and see what a gift it was to be able to raise that boy. I don't know what else I could have spent the money on that would be worth that.