I just had an idea. If he refuses to foot his portion of the bill by paying me ahead of time, I'll just keep a list of expenses myself and submit it to him. If he still refuses to pay, I have, if nothing else, proof that they were with me during his scheduled time.

TRIGGER
That's another sore spot with me. Ever since the divorce, I've had the kids more than 50% of time because of his social and work schedule, but he refuses to make it official because then (along with the legal documents being revised) he'll be FORCED to pay child support. I waived it the first time around. He insists I will use child support to fund my (nonexistent) partying, yet he holds on to the money and does the exact same thing - holds parties and socializes and then when the kids are there he doesn't do a damn thing with them and complains about how expensive it is to raise kids.

I guess I'm mostly pissed that it tarnished the really good day I was having. 30 minutes after getting home from a wonderful day and I'm getting the "no can do, I'm poor" speech.