posted 04-14-2009 08:32 PM            

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This is more of a rant than anything but if anyone has any feedback on whether or not they think this request was ok, please weigh in.

Tonight I got a phone call from my ex-husband's new wife who I have spoken to on exactly 2 occasions in the last year and a half. She wanted to know if she could use my address on her son's soccer registration form because he wants to play on a certain team that is from my address zone and, since they live in another area of the city, he would need to use an address from this area. I was so flabbergasted at the request and only thinking "well if the kid wants to play soccer" that I stammered out "Uh, uh, well, uh I guess." I am not at all comfortable with this sort of fraudulent behaviour and I know that it was 100% the idea of my ex who does this sort of thing all the time. Given the fact that this child is far from under-privileged and the fact that my ex told me a week ago that if Emerson (our son) wants to play for this soccer association, and I couldn't afford to pay for it on my own, I could apply for low-income funding so he could play. To appease my misgivings about this presumptuous request, I sent him a text saying, "Please don't put me on the spot like that again. I owe you nothing." Then I sent an e-mail to my zone's co-ordinator telling her of the request (but not giving any names yet) and asking whether or not the association allows this (which I know they do not). BTW, if my son ever decides he wants to play in this particular league, I would pay for it myself, not apply for any sort of funding, and NEVER, EVER ask his father for a contribution. That price is just too high for me.

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