O,,,kay

[jynx_tsilevon]

I woke up this morning with a 2 and a half page email from my dad to my mom, step dad, sister, and me. It explained how everything in the next year is getting paid for at this wonderfully awkward 75/25 split. My dad is the 75. My mom is the 25.

Which is weird because three months ago he told me that I was paying the rest of my college.

Okay.

Then I also found 1500 dollars in my college bank account...labeled as Child Support. Apparently that's how much I'm worth if I lived with my mom over the summer.

That worries me more.

Lol that's probably just going to sit there as anything that comes from my dad comes with a wonderful shit ton of strings on it.

So, while I sit here and wait for something to blow up, have a mild panic attack, and not change any of my plans until everything is set in stone. And even then I may just...flee.

I don't like to be a pessimist, but I can see this ending horribly.

The good thing is, if this all blows up, at least I'll be ready this time.

Comments

[whitemage]

I second Drak's advice, both paths. I know it's a pain and extra work, but if you could sit down with one of their lawyers and get to know the terms of the divorce for yourself, it will make it easier on you to navigate the madness both of them are throwing at you.

If worse comes to worse, though, you wouldn't be the first young adult who cuts ties with their folks because their parents can't grow the hell up. You can support yourself somehow: I know that about you.

And I'm sorry you're having to deal with this. You have all my sympathy they can't be proper parents to you.