My daughter is 22. At the time I left her father she was less than a year old. He worked under the table as a painter. I signed an agreement to only collect $199.00 per month from him and continued on with my life, attending college, getting married, creating a family, etc...

I gave him liberal visitation even though he never paid support. LOL, he used to tell me my husband and I made enough money, he didn't need to give us more.

The state of WA caught up with him so he left the state, moved to Hawaii, just dropped out of my daughters life.

He recently moved back. Still works under the table. He owes thousands because he never paid his measly $199 a month. It ticks him off most that he can't get a fishing license because of child support debt.

I had to work and attend college and raise my daughter with zero assistance from her biological father, you know, the one who helped create her.

You all can bitch all you want about having to help support your children and I'll tell you what, if you don't want to give their mother money then take fifty percent custody and support them that way. It sure would have been nice if her bio dad would have taken care of her half of the time while I was attending school and working. He rarely even stop by to see her.

Doesn't matter now. She's doing well, we're doing well. No hard feelings. Losers will do what they do.

And remember when you start bitching about how much you have to pay... childcare alone is $800.00 per month.