Woman's Story About Being Accused By Her Ex-Husband Of Making Their Son Live "Cheaply" Leaves Redditors In Awe

Divorcing your partner can be extremely difficult and emotionally draining. In fact, when children are involved, the situation becomes even more complicated.

In most cases, women fight hard to obtain child support from their ex-husbands to help take care of the children, as the children usually live with their mother in this kind of situation. Luckily, this mother did not appear to have any difficulties collecting payments from her ex-husband.

The mother, who goes by the Reddit name u/aitalivingcheaply, found herself in a difficult situation regarding her son's support fund paid by her ex-partner. She believed her ex was giving her more than she needed to care for the boy.

In fact, she rarely spent more than 30% of the child support in a month. Her ex objected to this because he wondered what she was spending the money on, as he claimed she was forcing their son to live "cheaply" by walking home from school and seldom getting new toys or clothes unless it was absolutely necessary.

As one might expect, this caused some conflict with her ex, who believes that all of the money should be spent on their son rather than saved. Scroll down to read the complete story she shared on the AITA subreddit page.

Dad Is Livid After Realizing His Ex Only Spends A Fraction Of His Child Support Money On Their Son

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The post received more than 12k upvotes and almost 4k comments. The OP explained that she spends only a small portion of her child support fund on her son, but her ex wasn’t having any of it.

Here’s the full story below.

We always stuck to a strict budget

u/aitalivingcheaply u/aitalivingcheaply

My ex wanted a word with me

u/aitalivingcheaply

He says I'm making his son live cheaply

u/aitalivingcheaply

He listed examples

u/aitalivingcheaply

Kept the money in a separate account

u/aitalivingcheaply

Give our son the life he deserves

u/aitalivingcheaply

To answer some questions...

u/aitalivingcheaply

Redditors were emotional in their opinions on whether the OP was correct in this case. However, they particularly encouraged her to show her son extra love sometimes and reassured her that it was okay to save a good amount of money for her son’s future or for emergencies.

We’ve compiled some of the comments Redditors made on this topic. Scroll down and take a look for yourself.

It's not your money but your son's

Massivesigh100

Dissecting the matter at hand

asdf3141592

Child support is for the child

Usrname52

Definitely not enough context here

Old-Advice-5685

People walk to and from school

twnwok

A good time to chat about the day

Heraonolympia123

As long as the kid gets everything he needs

No-jellyfish-1208

You are not living cheaply nor spoiling him

jolovesmustard

You guys sound like good parents

DayAdministrative346

A respect for money and financial responsibility later in life

junkdumper

As long as your son's okay, everything is fine

Cocoasneeze

You could ease up a bit

Yikes44

Parenting can be very demanding, and we can easily forget that a perfect parent doesn’t exist. Instead, one can only make an effort to be the best parent possible for one’s children.

Do you think this mother was correct to save for the future from the child support she received? Should she, on the other hand, spend more money on her son?

Let us know what you think about this sensitive subject in the comments section.