Better Truthful Than Sorry

                       I have chosen to write about this topic because it just boggles my mind the extent some people ( I can't even call them 'men' ) will go to, to hide their income in an effort to avoid paying child support. I wish I could say that what you are about to read is a work of fiction,but sadly it is not. For the past three years I have been dealing with a person who when I met him,had it all. Shortly after I found out I was pregnant and from that point on,if you were to believe the woe is me commentary he started and ended each conversation with,you'd think he had one foot in his home and the other in a shelter.At times it was tempting to entertain his rhetoric in hopes of clearing the fog of his well dramatized smoke screen.And what a smoke screen it turned out to be.
                      Just recently I made quite the discovery.The truth of how this man has been able to avoid homelessness,phone-lessness, electricity-lessness,food-lessness and any other amenity you could imagine. He has been managing quite the successful business, under the table and under the radar of child support.Though he had never consistently paid support as ordered, it seems the garnishing of his tax returns sparked this remarkable scheme.I can't say for sure how long this has been in operation,however,the posts I have uncovered only allowed me to view communication stemming back to April.Which leads me to believe that this has been in motion for quite a while.
                     I understand as much as the next person the economy we're in and the cost of living in the 21st century.However,with all that said,a child cannot be reared on occasional phone calls and rarely mailed hand me down clothing.
                     So,if you had this information,what would you do? Knowing what I know, I couldn't sit back and allow this to go on without standing up for my child.In my heart of hearts, I couldn't remain passive while my child was being railroaded as a result of selfish ambition....selfish gain.How will this saga end? No one really knows.They say hindsight is 20/20.I wonder if after he has had some time to wallow in the consequences of his actions,he will feel it was all worth it.