I really was down over the weekend but I was amazed at the number of you who took the time to leave me a supportive comment. It really is great to know that there are people on this site who "give a damn".

You'll be glad to hear that I am feeling quite a bit more chipper today, a good deal of my improvement in outlook is down to the support from all of you out there - thanks again :-)

I also wanted to apologise for feeling so negative. The strange thing is that I still have a great deal of love for my ex2b and do want to see her enjoy the rest of her life. I feel that the system really drives

Just got paid 2 days ago - and already overdrawn. Paying 60% of my salary in interim SM each month is killing me. I am getting pretty miserable of living close to the bread line while she still refuses to work.

How can the courts justify giving her 100% of the realisable assets (FMH) and 30% of my pension. Leaving me with just 70% of a pension i cannot touch for 25 years plus over 40k in debts.

Also i continue to be denied any access at all to my son. Not contact, no phone calls, not even an email.

I'm pretty damn miserable today, not looking forward to the weekend. Sorry for burdening you with

Well today my Dad is coming to my rescue by paying off my solicitors bill to stop them from repossessing my house. To be frank i'm a bit embarrased that at the age of 40 I had to ask him for help.

This saga with my solicitor has been running for around a year and a half now. It began back in Dec 2005 when I approached them to help me with my divorce. To cut a long story short (you can read the detail in my older blog entries) they overcharged me for the work they did. I tried to dispute the charges and attempted to negotiate a lower bill. But they just refused to discuss it with me and