Well, when asked how their Christmas was, the kids stated that mom cancelled Christmas due to lack of money.
Maybe, there will be Christmas at the same time as New Year's day.
For one thing, I paid Child support weeks early specifically with intent that there be money before Christmas. I always pay early. Paid earlier.
For another, I gave money to one child so she could buy Christmas presents for herself or others and she bought good presents for her brothers. The children were not even allowed to open those presents.
For another, she has no car payment (I pay that). She has substantial child support. She has a job. If there is no money, there is a problem other than nonpayment of child support.
I don't really know that this supposed lack of money was blamed on me. The kids didn't say that but nevertheless I suspect that.
I live on far less money than she receives in child support spending almost nothing other than food -- don't even have rent or mortgage and utilities are extremely small -- most money is spent during visitations in other words doing things with the kids (with one exception -- I have consumed a lot of money on a hobby recently -- even that was intended in large part to be something to do with the kids -- an airplane).
I have been late on child support only once and that was about 14 days although I have feared many times being late. I work hard to pay it.
Yet, my children had Christmas cancelled on them this year?
I guess if they had Christmas itself cancelled, it shouldn't have been that big of deal that I cancelled the planned week long trip after Christmas in order to pursue work projects to make money?
I have long since come to terms with my lack of control over things in general, but it is a bit much for my kids' Christmas to be cancelled especially when I have the suspicion this was blamed on me.
By the way, this whole divorce thing was not my doing. Yes, I know she would say it was me. Actually, she had an affair. She would of course blame the affair on me. It was my fault, according to her. Why? Because I work too much. Now, I don't work enough or pay enough and my kids have Christmas cancelled? A little ironic.
Even the poorest families have Christmas. The whole thing sucks.