Get a Job

Now, there are a lot of people out there who are looking very hard for a job and trying to find work, yet unable to do so. I'm not talking about you. There are also assholes out there who refuse to work and get a job because they think the world owes you a living. Being able to stay home and not have a job is a luxury. It's not your god-given right. It's also not something that you "earned" or deserve because you had a relationship that didn't work out. The other parent is required to support children from the relationship. They're not required to report a custodial parent that wants to live off child support because you think you somehow should get paid for a breakup. It's not OK to refuse to look for a job in order to squeeze a former partner dry. Say you managed to remarry. Great! Congratulations! Good for you! That doesn't mean you can quit your job, live off your new spouse, and simultaneously try to up your old spouse's support obligation so you can sit around eating bonbons and watching soap operas all day. Sure, it hurts your ex, which is clearly what you want to do. But it also hurts your children when they see how you're using them, and it just makes you an assholes.