Daughter's father told me he didn't have enough money to feed her at his house, then changed his story.

I have a 6 year old daughter who I co-parent with her father. We have not been together since before she was born and I am now remarried. We have a 50/50 custody agreement and he does not pay child support. We each have her half of the school week and then every other weekend. We are flexible with moving time around for good reasons though. He had a steady job for a long time and then before the school year started, he decided to use his GI bill to go to school full time and the way he explained it, I assumed he quit his job. Then, last month he had surgery on his shoulder.Now to the situation at hand.She was with us this weekend and Friday afternoon I get a text from her dad saying that he lost his job when he went out for his surgery(which I found very odd to begin with) and he wasn't quite making it this month and therefore can't pay for a babysitter for his time with our daughter until "next month." My first response was that he wanted a bail-out from being a parent. My husband and I have made many sacrifices in order to fix babysitting issues. He then goes on to tell me that he honestly can't afford food for both her and him, including her school lunches, gas to get to school, and babysitting. He says he's also behind on bills. But he will be getting a school check after the 31st so he just needs us to keep her for his half of the week the next week and he would pay us for the extra time when he can. "Sorry I made it sound so serious." He also says he can have her on the weekend if he has the gas to pick her up. This changes things for me. Now he has told me that he is not able to provide basic needs for our daughter while she is in his care. I told him never mind, we'll keep her until at least the 31st and I will have to think over what he has told me. After this he changes his story slightly saying it's just a week and he will get back on track and it won't happen again. THEN, changes again to he suddenly figured things out and he can have her pick her up tomorrow and have her this week like normal.I am at a loss as to what to do at this point. Did I react too strongly? Is this something I should fight on? Do I even have a leg to stand on in keeping her instead of letting her go with him? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2dM1ps0