Alimony: support for a spouse that sacrificed their career to further yours during the course of the relationship
Child support: support for the child, given to the parent that incurs in the costs for the child
What the novel talks about is child support.
I still don’t get the black humor and I will pretend to believe it’s because of the translation.


I’m an optimist. Maybe they think that all others know the answers by heart and don’t need to check the options? (I know that’s probably too optimistic)