Dad stops paying child support for his 6-year-old daughter when his ex-wife starts using the money for dating, sparking debate in the comments about parental responsibility: ‘Be a man, support your kid’

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  • AITA if I stop financially supporting my daughter? I'm 35M and my ex wife is 31F. We mutually decided to break up. We have a 6 year old daughter. Since the break up,
  • I've continued to care for and support her by sending monthly allowances, sometimes buying groceries and even personally delivering them during visits.
  • Lately, my ex wife has been repeatedly asking me for money. When I asked what it was for, she said it was for our daughter's school and other needs. A friend of mine told
  • me she's seeing another man, which I don't care about my concern is our daughter. The truth is, the money I've been sending has been used for her personal enjoyment, not for our daughter.
  • I felt devastated, not for her but for our child. She has no right to use the money I send for anything other than our daughter. She also doesn't
  • want me to take our daughter, saying I'll stop sending money if I do. AITA if I stop financial support and instead provided groceries
  • and essentials directly to my daughter? I'm even considering taking full custody, even if it means going through the courts.
  • Nice_Neighborho... Get formalized child support through the courts. You owe support for your kid whether your ex is with another guy or not. It's your kid. Not supporting your kid is an a h le moves. Be a man, support your kid
  • Mistyam ⚫ You're not going to get custody if you stop paying child support. But you should go to court to get a formal custody and child support arrangement in place.
  • Fickle-Map-8809 "I'm soo concerned that my daughter isn't receiving proper care so i think the best option is to withdraw every contribution I make to her welfare and instead
  • drop off the occasional box of cornflakes! That makes me the good parent right? Because I'm soo concerned? Right?" Go for shared custody at the very least JFC
  • Zestyclose-Height... odds are you are not paying nearly enough. child care is hugely expensive, it costs $500-$600 a month just to have the kid have her own
  • bedroom. and once they hit school everything costs more. you really need to go to court for a real support and visitation plan, because unless you have extensive
  • records of the funds you are paying, you could end up paying backdated support to the time you split.
  • HalfAgony-Half Hope ⚫ I'm so confused why men always think that if they give money to their ex, it should go directly on the kid. Your ex is already covering
  • housing, utilities, food, clothing, toys, treats etc for your daughter. Any payment you give is a contribution to those expenses. You're essentially paying her back for money she's already laid out.
  • Yes, YTA if you stop contributing to your daughters financial costs.

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