Single mother’s letter to father refusing to pay child maintenance
An angry single mother has published a scathing open letter to the father of her children on Facebook, and accused him of paying insufficient child maintenance.
The anonymous mother-of-two from Humberside, who says she works two jobs, shared her frustration on Facebook, claiming that her children's father, who she says is living in a five bedroom house after remarrying, has avoided paying his fair share towards the cost of their care by not declaring his full earnings.
Pointing out that he should be contributing more towards clothing, feeding and educating their children while maintaining the roof over their heads, she claimed he hadn't bought their daughter a present, and branded him a 'rubbish' father.
And the lengthy online tirade - which she said was a last resort as her pleas had thus far fallen on deaf ears, clearly resonated with her followers, quickly racking up thousands of shares and comments.
The anonymous mother posted a lengthy tirade against her children's father on her blog shared on Facebook
An angry mother has written a powerful open letter to her ex partner, slamming him for withholding full child maintenance fees
The single mother-of-two from Humberside decided to share her frustration on Facebook
Calling the post on her Single Mum Standing blog 'An open letter to the father who won't pay child maintenance', she began by assuring the unidentified father of her children that the money she was asking for would only ever go towards their children's upkeep.
'Any child maintenance payments made by you to me do not pay for my holidays. I don't use YOUR money to pay for my clothes, and your payments certainly don't fund my minor prosecco addiction,' she wrote.
She assured him that any activities he saw her doing while 'stalking' her Instagram accounts were paid for by her.
'Let me spell this out for you – any money you pay to help with the raising of our children goes directly to our children. I've got two jobs to fund my own lifestyle and pay for our children. It's a simple concept you don't seem to be able to grasp,' she added.
'So you're barking up the wrong tree when you bitterly tell me I should maybe 'go out less' when I challenge you over your child maintenance payments.'
And she went on to explain what the payments would cover, pointing out that her former partner only had responsibility for the children for three days every two weeks, and listing household costs like mortgage payments, grocery shopping and utility bills.
Read the rest of the single mother's open letter below.