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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]really they're from me."

How do you respond to this?  [/quote]

You don't because no response will shut it down.[/quote]

I'm not asking how to respond to the parent.  I'm asking how to respond to a kid who thinks I didn't get them any Christmas present. [/quote]

You didn’t get your kids Christmas presents.  Just own it.  [/quote]

The parent with child support chose to spend money on the child.  What a shock. Other parent sending child support is free to do the same.  money is fungible.[/quote]

OP here,

I am curious how people who talk about "what their child support pays for" figure out what that is.  Do I say, well I pay for the most important things first, so I'll use these funds for a portion of the mortgage, or for food, or whatever is most important.  Or do I say, well I'll pay for what we need with my own money, and then use this money for things I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford, like sports fees, or Christmas presents?  In reality, I have multiple sources of income that hit my account each month, and then I spend and save from that amount of money without thinking of which is which.

I should add that I don't know all the details of child support in this case.  This was a conversation between my kid and a friend, and the other kid was clearly hurt and confused and was checking in with my kid to get their thoughts.  I didn't address it with the other kid, but my own kid and I talked about it at length, because our situations are pretty similar where one parent has full custody, and the other parent pays child support even though their income is similar or lower.  [/quote]

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