"Go ahead and keep it up"

  Ohhhhh, you guys...this has just been one hell of a crappy week so far, but leave it to The Ex to turn it all around and have me laughing.

  Husband messaged her back on March 29th, even though we were fully aware that she had not logged into 2houses since February 25th.  Husband wrote that he had picked his first summer week, updated the calendar, and would pick his second summer week at a later date. (For those of you who don't know, The Ex has primary physical custody during the summer; Husband gets every other weekend, alternating holidays, and two full nonconsecutive weeks.)

  Then Husband addressed the real reason he was messaging her: The Ex still wasn't paying toward her half of the kids' medical bills and they were accruing interest as ordered by the court.  Husband didn't want to end up in court seeking a contempt order for her refusal to pay only to have The Ex claim she "didn't know" there was interest being added, she would have paid it a lot sooner to keep the cost down, she has two other children to think about, whine whine cry cry.  Anyway, back to the point.

  Husband brought up that she hadn't made a payment in nearly a year and a half, if he asked her about payment she ignored him, that the court order allowed interest to be added, and that the longer she took to pay off the bills resulted in her owing him more money. (The wording was intentional and purposeful.  If he had said, "You're not paying me back," she would have read it, laughed, and continued to ignore him.  When he says, "You're going to owe me more money," THAT gets her attention.  Psychology is glorious.)

  Again, that message was sent on March 29th, 2019.

  Daughter came home on April 7th with a check for $100 toward the medical bills.  I thought,  "Wow, The Ex actually read the message and reacted to it!"  Logged into 2houses - nope, still no activity by The Ex since February 25th.  So that means she made a payment of her own accord.  Weird, right??  All I can figure is that she got her tax return.  Or, because this happened right before she made a payment, I'm speculating that Daughter may have said something to her.

  The next morning, which was April 8th, Husband sent a follow-up message to The Ex thanking her for the check and provided an updated balance.

  Later that day, I realized we had written the wrong amount back on March 29th; we had told The Ex that interest was charged at 12% annually on the unpaid medical bills but I had been calculating it at 18%.  I started wondering how on earth I had screwed up something like that and was Googling state statutes, looking at the divorce paperwork, and trying not to freak out at all the math I was going to have to go back and redo if I'd calculated everything incorrectly.

  I finally figured it out; I was correct originally, we get to charge her 18%.  I said Husband was going to have to email her the correction.  My friend asked me, "Does it really matter?" I said yes, it absolutely did; if this went back to court, The Ex would absolutely argue she should only have to pay 12% interest "because that's what Husband told her."  My friend realized how accurate that was and agreed that an email needed to be sent.

  Husband sent another follow-up email, also on April 8th, apologizing for his mistake in his prior email; he clarified that the interest was charged at 18% annually and not 12%.

  Today, one full month after Husband's last message, The Ex replied:
"Your the only jerk that would do that. Go ahead and keep it up"

  Okay...?

  First thing, "*you're."
  Second,  I have to assume she's calling Husband a jerk because he's charging her interest...I think?  Let's run with that for now.
  Third, Husband is not "the only jerk that would do that" because it is a law in our state; if you don't take care of your kids, you owe more money, plain and simple. I didn't write the law, I didn't introduce it, and I didn't pass it.  But you can bet your sweet ass I'm going to follow it.  So whatever, apparently the court commissioner who signed off on their divorce is also a "jerk."
  Fourth, "go ahead and keep it up"?  Well, I've been waiting over four and a half years for ONE bill to get paid, so I'm not NOT charging you interest.  I'll gladly "keep it up" because your stubbornness has literally added over $100 in interest charges.

  I can't wait to see how quickly she pays the bills off now that she realizes exactly how much it's costing her.  She's such a riot 😂