Exactly two days after receiving the divorce papers, I immediately suspended the monthly pension of five hundred thousand pesos that I gave to my former mother-in-law.

phone rang for nearly a minute before I finally answered. It was 10:41 p.m., and his voice was tight with barely controlled anger.

“Have you lost your mind? That support was humanitarian. If you don’t give my mother money, how do you expect her to live?”

My reply was simple:

“Aren’t you supposed to support her?”

A heavy silence followed on the other end.continue reading …