Take out some loans

The prospect of leeching money from your family or desperately trying to ingratiate yourself to your new employer both seemed pretty slimy and undignified to you. If you were concerned about money, you would take personal responsibility for the situation and get the money yourself. Jill took some convincing to come around to this idea. The prospect of you possibly being jobless and saddled with a bunch of debt sounded like a recipe for disaster, but you pointed out that you had a very marketable resume and a decent amount of work experience. You would be able to find new work, and that work would pay well enough to cover the loans, given a little time and diligence. And so it was settled. Jill proceeded with planning the wedding as she had been, and you borrowed some money to cover the expected costs. All seemed to be going fine until one day you were sitting on the couch with Jill.

“Hey, so… I was thinking about ways that we could maybe make a little bit of extra money, and one of my friends pitched an idea to me.” Jill told you. You gave her a concerned look. “Honey, I told you I’ll be able to pay everything back soon enough. You don’t need to be worrying about that type of stuff. I’ll take care of it.” You told her, not liking the idea of your fiancé feeling **** for money. She quickly nodded “I know, I know. I believe in you one hundred percent. But I was just thinking a little extra money would help all of that happen easier and more quickly. And so, my friend had this… kind of wild idea.” She said, seeming hesitant to get to the point. You listened and nodded. “Okay. What it is?” You asked her, indulging her for the moment.

Jill laughed nervously. “Uhh, well- have you heard of streaming? Like, live-streaming? She was telling me that some streamers make, like, a lot of money just streaming themselves like talking about stuff and playing video games and just simple things like that.” She said, looking at you curiously. You had definitely not seen this coming. Jill played games on her computer occasionally but you didn’t foresee her becoming interested in something like this. “Huh.” You said, completely surprised by this suggestion. “Well, I have a lot of questions. First off, how did that come up? Seems kind of random.” You asked her, unsure about the prospect. “I know, it kind of was. It’s just- I was venting to my friend Holly about us needing to do the loans and everything and how it’ll probably be a while to pay them off, and- that’s how we got on the topic of ways to make some easy money.” She explained. You nodded. “Okay, but, what about the streamer part?” You asked, and at this Jill looked a little embarrassed. “Umm… well… Holly said that, uh- with my, well… ‘figure’, I would probably do really well with that type of thing.” She said. It took you a moment to understand what she was implying.

“You’re not talking about something like… making porn or something are you?” You asked with concern, and her face turned bright red and she shook her head quickly. “No! No, of course not. Nothing like that. I wasn’t even planning to show my face! I’d been thinking like… I’d wear a mask and maybe like… I mean the worst I would do is maybe sometimes show a little cleavage, and that’s it. Otherwise it’s just me playing games and talking about stuff.” She insisted, still blushing deeply and sounding embarrassed. You patted her thigh to reassure her. “Okay, I think I understand. And, so… how serious are you about doing this?” You asked her, wanting to hear her out before you made a decision. She shrugged. “It’s just an idea. I think it could be worth trying out, but- you know I’d never start doing something like that without talking it through with you first. So… What do you think? Is it a good idea, or too crazy?” She asked, looking up at you.