I posted previously about not wanting to smack the hornet’s nest that is involved with cooperating with Child Support Enforcement in order to keep our benefits. With feet dragging, and heavy heart, I gave them all the information I had, and sent up a prayer that Señor Sperm Donor(s) wouldn’t be found. After all, most of the info I gave them is at LEAST 3 years old.
They misspelled SSD’s name. Not a minor easy-to-understand typo, but a complete and total mangling of his name. They turned an “i” into a “y”, and turned a “cks” into an “x”.
As much as I wanted to, I couldn’t leave it like that. It’s my responsibility to be sure that they track down the correct SSD. I can’t in good conscience leave the name wrong. I’ve made close to a dozen calls thus far trying to get the correction made. I didn’t have an address for him, so I looked up his divorce online. That gave me his full name, as well as his address at that time (1995 or thereabouts).
This confuses my friends. “You’ve done a complete 360º” they say. “I thought you were going to leave it alone. It’s not YOUR fault they entered it wrong in the system.”
I understand that.
However, if I notice something wrong and I don’t say something or make an effort to make it right, I’m just as guilty as if I’d entered it wrong myself. I’m already the Leaning Tower of Guilt - do you think KNOWING that they’re chasing the wrong guy for child support would ease my conscience?
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I would have done the exact same thing, and I do *not* view it as a change. It just proves how good a woman you are!