[Orangedog]

...although many men have too much pride to collect it, which I consider dumb.

And we have some trouble understanding why you ladies are so pre-occupied with us not leaving the toilet seat up, but we don't think you're all dumb because of it ;P

[Texan5]

Men who get custody of their kids are entitled to child support, and should not be averse to making sure that ex-wife pays-they are just as much a single parent as a divorced custodial mother. My husband had a child in high school and one in middle school when his world fell apart, and he had to feed, clothe, cook for them like a mom, in addition to his job in the military and duties as a dad. I knew him then, and it was difficult-made more so by the fact that his ex made lots more money than he did, and would not pay the court-ordered child support. He managed, though, and made sure they both went to college, too.