To consider Only Fans

I can't believe someone actually said take in ironing, I've only see it as a joke before.

Good luck OP whatever you decide.

If she’s considering sex work, then watching the BBC isn’t a priority bill anymore.

It's very hard to make any money at all on Only fans - unless you already have a following on Instagram etc (which you don't). Faceless you will make next to no money also.

A better option would be video calls/chat lines. I used to do phone only (no images) and made around £400 a month - and it is one of the only ways to ensure it never comes back to bite you. The only risk as far as I could see was being put through to someone you knew - which is arguably more embarrassing for the man on the other end. Never happened to me anyway.

Be prepared for some weirdos though, and it is actually quite hard work. You have to be able to figure out what someone wants pretty quickly and you won't make any money at all unless you can keep them on the phone for a decent amount of time (at least ten minutes per call). But it's better money than any other side work I could find from home - I used to work around 5 hours a week, mostly in the evenings as that's when the lines are busiest.

This may not work for you as you need to be able to take calls and be available once you 'clock in' and I doubt you will want to do it if your kids are in earshot. But if you log on in the daytime you'll find you get very few callers.

I understand your desperation but this is a false solution. In such a crowded market there will not be much interest in a faceless milf. You will not make much so it’s not worth the hassle.

In your situation I would do cleaning and care work. You can do weekend shifts around your current work.

Agree with most of this but if you need a TV licence it's not a good idea to stop paying it - it's a priority expenditure/ debt and the OP risks a fine on top of the monthly fee if she doesn't pay

You aren’t actually trying the other options, ‘unlikely’ to find a weekend job that can work around you isn’t impossible, yet you won’t try it. Letting adult kids know things are too tight at the minute and even giving them a choice to help, you won’t even try it. Other suggestions about surveys etc, won’t even acknowledge it’s been suggested to bother saying you won’t try it. Yet sex work, paying a pimp, that’s likely to cause you huge shame and embarrassment if you get found out, hurt your kids emotionally, possibly yourself physically and professionally, but yet still won’t make money is the only thing you are willing to give a shot?

Why do MNers always suggest this taking in ironing?

Thr op already works 60 hour weeks. And now she’s supposed add more drudgery for pennies.

Op, can you do any tutoring of any kind? Don’t know what your field is.

I don’t see why you would involve your fuck buddy. He’d be earning money over your body. Never do that. If you want to try OF, try it, but do it in your own and your own terms.

95% of Only Fans creators make less than £200 a month. Only the top 1-0.5% make decent enough money to do it full-time and these are creators who already had established social media channels, had a follower base already, were internet models, e-girls, minor celebs or influencers before going on OnlyFans. The average person starting an OnlyFans even if they looked like a supermodel, is never going to make more than peanuts. They’d make more doing online surveys!

The only way most people making money off of it is either if they were an established celeb/e-girl/influencer already with a fan base or if they are catering to really niche, extreme and horrific sexual tastes and fantasies that hardly no other girl wants to touch because it’s too unpleasant.

Don’t do it.

Maybe just go through your finances and cut unnecessary expenditure.

Get better deals on energy, broadband, mobile phone providers etc. Stop paying the TV licence etc

Only fans is trash. Avoid.

While I never think OF is a good option, this is also a very unrealistic take on life lol. If only everything was that easy for everyone.

The two employed adults can buy their own food. Surely that's the best solution?

Like PPs, I’ve heard it’s pretty hard to make any decent money out of OF these days.

Could you take in ironing? Surely there is still a market for that. Advertise in local shop windows/on FB. Collect laundry from people, iron it in your own home in the evenings/weekends and then deliver back to the customer. Would probably make more £ than OF.

YABU for contemplating something that would earn you next to no money.

For example, someone mentioned financial market betting. It's not great by any stretch of the imagination but I can guarantee has the potential to be more profitable than a faceless mother of adult child doing OF.

It's interesting to note that you haven't engaged with one person who's told you that this will not make you any money

Well, it sounds as if you're very set on it.
All the suggestions on here don't appear to be worth consideration, so you're obviously going to go for it. Good luck, but make sure that you protect yourself, and keep an eye on your partner's role.

So you could work a few evenings a week. Basically, the time you would spend on OF could be spent working in hospitality or a call centre or another job.

I don’t believe there is nothing available. I worked five jobs to pay my mortgage as a SP so I get it. You are being disingenuous saying sex work is the only option.

Apply again, documenting everything you’ve said in the post. Many people have to apply for pip several times. You can also appeal - many do, and many win.

Personally I wouldn’t, but I’m not in your position.
My problem with it is that you think this will be a big earner for you, and it’s unlikely to be a big earner. Also getting someone else involved is opening yourself up to a whole host of problems further down the line. If he is recording and editing and marketing, you don’t know how he will use the footage and could basically set up another account or sell it elsewhere show videos to whoever he chooses and you would be none the wiser! You would also need fairly decent equipment if you don’t want it to look like the readers wives section of year goneby porn mags! Go get some advice from some debt crises centres or citizens advice, to see if they can help you with a budget. There are great living on a budget food series on TikTok that might help you and even your uni kids feed themselves on a budget.

Tough times means tough decisions have to be made. You’re not doing them any favours by hiding the reality of life from them.
Insist they have to contribute a set percentage of their wages each week. How do we produce resilient young people? By being honest about life.