paying him child support as an ex single mom

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Why it worked

The video leverages a highly relatable and controversial topic in co-parenting, using a sarcastic, 'clap-back' tone that encourages high engagement and debate in the comments.

Summary

A woman records a video in her car explaining why she refuses to pay child support to her ex-partner. She sarcastically describes how she would handle the legal system if forced to pay.

Structure

1Introduction of the situation
2Refusal to pay child support
3Sarcastic plan to avoid payment
4Final punchline about the $50 amount

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paying him child support as an ex single mom

Transcript

I sent my 13-year-old son to live with his dad and people keep asking me how much I'm going to pay in child support. Not a mother-freaking thing. Why would I give him anything? You should have chose better, I don't have it. I'm going to have to wait until I get paid on Friday. And if anything, you can just take me down child support like I did you. And then we can wait two years. Then, when they try to tell me how much to send, what I'm going to do is go quit my job and I'm going to tell them that I'm now a barber. And I'm barely making it. I only get like two clients a day, if that. And you know how much food is? You know how much gas is? I can't afford to take care of no child, I can barely afford to take care of myself. So you know what they're going to tell me? The same way they told you: $50 a month. That's all I got.