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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who's gonna do all the school holidays, breaks, sick kids, etc? If you are the WFH spouse, OP, you need to make sure you're not being a stay-at-home wife for someone who isn't your husband anymore. You need to stop picking up his share of inconveniences unless you are truly fairly compensated. [/quote]

This is fair and helpful, thank you. [/quote]

Have you met with a financial planner, just for yourself? It's so important, ***for the long-term benefit of your kids***, that you be on a sound financial footing.

It's great that your divorce is amicable, but don't overestimate how amicable it actually is. RTO spouse is no longer your partner as an individual. They are your co-parent, great, but they simply do not have the same obligation to consider your long-term interests and your finances that married people have. So you need to look out for yourself. Remember, they could lose their job, become sick or disabled, die, any number of things can happen that would affect your child support and what your children receive from their other parent. So you really need to take your financial life seriously. If your ex remarries and has more kids, or just a new partner, you may find that your divorce becomes much less financially favorable to you. Right now you're in sort of the honeymoon phase of divorce, where the necessity of co-parenting makes it important to get along. But it won't last forever.[/quote]

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