Back story first:
I have a beautiful 2 yr old daughter. I was divorced from her father when she was about one month. ND's laws say the non custodial parent must provide health insurance. He does at this point. BD just got officially diagnosed with Asthma. She has to take a med everyday that cost $485 a month. He bio only has prescription coverage for $500 a year. In short after we pick up month one we will have to pay full price for the med. He refuses to chip any even though it is stipulated in the divorce decree. As a result of this I am currently looking for a job with insurance to be able to provide the med. The current job I have doesn't provide insurance, but is one I LOVE!
Fast Forward to last night....We have been considering a new pet since we reno'd and moved into our new house. Yesterday DF found one on craigslist for free. It was exactly what he was looking for as he wanted a hunting dog. We went and checked him out. I felt for his owner to bc she had a 2 month old and a cheating ex husband too. We took him home. MIL knew we were going to do this and told DF that if we couldn't afford medicine for BD then why where we getting a dog. GUILT TRIP. It just frustrates me that she would even use BD as a guilt thing.