Anonymous
My ex made "an honest mistake" by claiming our kid as a dependent in a year when he is not entitled to. This "mistake" is costing me $7,000. He keeps insisting that he's willing to make things right but all he's done so far is tone police me about being "angry and aggressive" and is mad that I called it theft (because the effect is exactly the same as theft... he gets money he's not entitled to, and I lose out). He also lied and said he talked to a tax person who said he should just file an amended return. My family is full of CPAs who told me not to file an amended return because the IRS is currently close to a shutdown, and that it would be far better to resolve this between the two of us. I asked for the phone number of his tax person. Turns out that he lied about having a tax person and it was a chatbot on a free tax website. I'm so sick of dealing with this fucking narcissist, and now we have to Go to mediation and resolve this, which of course he insists I pay for. So 😡