u/_mavricks

Hey everyone
So my kids mom is a teacher where she is paid her salary + benefits (retirement, etc), and we live in southern California.

When court looks at child support, are they supposed to look at both salary and the benefits she would receive?

Reason why I ask is in court she submitted only her salary, but I found she potentially is getting an extra $30k in benefits which was not brought up in court. I found out through a public education website which shows their salaries through the district.

I don't know what happened but when I created a new ad all of a sudden it's only using flex ads setup...
My previous ad allowed me to select the sizes I wanted specific for that placement. Now it only lets me upload one size...

Am I missing something?

Hey all
What time do you guys have your kiddos have their calls with mom?
Mom keeps calling and wants to talk to my daughter during her bed routine and its disrupting everything.

I've asked a few times now to have it at a more reasonable time, like before dinner time but she isn't agreeing.

Unfortunately mom is actually pretty crazy and will use anything against me to make me look bad. Her saying I'm not answering calls to say goodnight to my daughter, she will twist it around and claim I'm purposely not answering any calls (which is not true).

UPDATE: Originally I didn't receive mom's call because I was in the basement of my apartment building, and now mom is throwing a fit and now claiming I'm trying to alienate my daughter from her. For context, this is the second time mom has called in the last year.

Company I'm at sells life insurance as one of its products. The setup here is weird though. Internally we run more branded videos and statics, while our ad agency does "influencer" marketing.

There are two people in the marketing team who manage this ad agency and they have not once looked at the performance of campaigns. On top of that, these two people have zero experience with paid advertising.

I took a look at the metrics...the ad agency is bringing daily leads in at $500-$800 CPL since the beginning of the year. Our internal team brings in leads at around $70.

Once thing I've noticed is that the CTR of the ad agency has been declining since the beginning of the year, which tells me they do zero creative refreshes.

The worst part is we have no visibility into their ad account. They only allow us to look at their dashboard they created.

Currently I have a bachelors, and work at an enterprise insurance company in marketing.
Over the years and previous companies I have made them a lot of money with Facebook and Google ads, but at my current role I decided to go into a marketing operations role instead. I honestly was sick and tired of the ups and downs that goes with running paid advertising.

My managers want me to join a program that will start training me to become a manager at the company, but also a few have asked if ever thought about getting my masters degree.

I don't want to get a masters degree in just business or marketing, but was thinking of something specialized and potentially pursuing that. Since I'm in the insurance field I was thinking of getting into actuary or data science.

The company I'm at actually promotes within A LOT, and help people get into roles they think they will do it.

My minor in college was in Statistics, and the last 10 years of my life was data oriented. Also I have built some of my own apps a few times over the years when I dedicated my full time to it.

Hey guys,

What do you all do about scheduling times for your kids to speak with their mom? Do you have a set schedule, or keep it more casual?

Do you record calls with one of the court appointed apps? How long does your child talk to mom?

My ex does this thing where she tells my daughter that she is supposed to call mom. I think this is wrong because I know my ex uses it as a manipulation tactic. My daughter will not call mom, then my ex will make comments to her making her feel bad like “you don’t love mom enough to call me?”.

At the moment I don’t like when mom calls cause she has asked my daughter do video calls and had used screenshots of my place and used them in court. I heard my ex say “show me your bed”, and a few screenshots were used in court.

Mom has called a few times during bedtime. She knows that time is when we get ready and it makes the whole process longer. Instead of saying “love you, bye” and then hanging up, she will start saying her I love you ritual which takes 5-10 mins, and then say she’s not going to hang up at all and my daughter has to it. My daughter doesn’t like that cause she guilt trips her the next day saying she can’t believe she was so quick to hang up on mom.

What do you dads who own a business do about child support?

I own a business but mom is trying to claim the total revenue is my income which is far from true. I do low-mid six figures in revenue.

Do you just provide what you pay yourself?
In my situation I wouldn’t say I give myself a true salary but only take out for things I need to purchase (groceries, car payment, etc).

How is your business setup for how you pay yourself?