Posted on 06/09/2021 9:17:49 AM PDT by mylife
One Richmond family got a shocking delivery last month when 80,000 pennies were dumped on their front lawn. Now, they're using the money to help those in need.
"I just turned 18. When I was in the middle of class, my dad came by. He had rented a trailer," Avery Sanford, a Deep Run High School senior, said. "He pulled up in front of the house and turned the trailer on so it dumped out all the pennies on the grass and my mom came out and was like, 'What are you dumping in my yard?' She didn't know who it was until he shouted, 'It's your final child support payment."
The act had an impact on the teenager.
"It's not just my mom he's trying to embarrass, it's also me and my sister and it's upsetting that he didn't consider that before he did that," Sanford said.
Once the pennies were picked up, Sanford and her mom decided to turn a bad situation into a positive one.
Every penny of Avery's last child support payment will be donated to Safe Harbor, a domestic abuse center.
"Turning around and donating that money to moms and children in need, I feel like that really turns this situation into a positive. You can learn from it," Avery said.
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I am sorry. I hope your kids see things clearly as they mature.
New math?
What a worthless, pathetic “father.”
What a flaming a hole
Don’t want to pay child support??? Don’t make babies
I don’t know why some enterprising lawyer doesn’t file against the real father in these situations.
I.E. You get married, your wife has an affair and gets pregnant by the other guy. Has the while in the process of divorce. You get nailed for child support even though it isn’t yours. Why can’t your laywer get a dna sample from the father, prove it is his not yours, then file on your behalf to sue the real father for the support.
There is no story that justifies this
Please confirm that you are for equal parenting time to match the equal responsibility that you advocate for.
There us NEVER a reason for a man to hit a female
Amen. The sperm donor got of easy
I am not going to condemn the guy for the relationship.
I have seen in my own family where the female was as sweet as pie while dating and after the marriage the gloves came off and they turned into a different person. It was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
And some women are really, really good at it and make life hell for the men later.
Real men support their kids - no matter what.
My first wife and I divorced right after our only son was born. She descended into postpartum depression and then continued drifting down into more complicated psychiatric issues like schizophrenia and paranoia. She became a different person.
I was devastated and eventually it destroyed our marriage and she filed for divorce after only 5 years of marriage and a one year old child. She got custody of the our son, as was the custom 60 years ago. I was a mess for a couple of years.
But we were both young and inexperienced at the foibles life would present us. She eventually sought treatment for her mental issues and I just learned to get over it and move on.
But one thing we never did was to treat each other badly and always treated each other with respect. I tried to always take the high road and not scheme to get back at her. She seemed to realize that was the best route to take as well.
All these decades later, we still trade Christmas cards, birthday cards and even phone calls occasionally. We have cordial conversations and can laugh a little at our youthful mistakes. There has never been any acrimony or hate between us that I detected. The anger, resentment and disappointment we experienced as young divorcees has dissipated over the years. We are civil and friendly to each other now.
So it is possible to get the short end of the stick and still hold your head up high and not deliberately make matters worse. Our son is well adjusted because his parents treated each other nicely and respectfully and didn't play one against the other with him suffering the consequences in the middle. He tells us both that he recognized that fact and he appreciated our behavior.
Even when you think you are being taken advantage of, it's always best to take the high road and not do something that will escalate the situation and reflect badly on yourself. You will thank yourself down the road.
They know they have always had a father and my family despite the obstacles
Which is why they came to me as soon as they could..
Especially the older one
I would have preferred peace
Peace is not always possible
Please confirm that you support those real men getting at least joint custody by default.
Your portrayal of biological fatherhood is destructive.
Amen. The sperm donor got off easy
And it seems she does…mission accomplished mom…
Nope...$800...
80,000 divided by 100=800
Of course he’s a douchecanoe, as you so elegantly put it. Even assuming he’s been roughly handled by mom and the court, which is something we don’t know to be true, one would hope that he’s hopeful of having a relationship with his adult kid, grandkids in the future, etc. instead he chose to drive the last nail in the coffin of that relationship. Because he’s, you know, a douchecanoe.
“Emotions need to be kept in check.”
Sometime a check just won’t do. It requires cash, small change even.
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