Summary...
Her husband works for a non-profit, she's 39, but they live in a $4 million house.
Take a crazy guess what happened to NY Mag's personal finance columnist. - Hexbear
How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000
The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.
Sorry I am late as always
She is being asked about a situation in which she is unable to receive income.
She thinks she could live on $50k. (I do not believe the person who wrote this could possibly do that.)
Then she ponders how she would be able to receive income.
Isn't the premise of this: NO income?
If she is getting paychecks, what is the $50k for?
This fiction lacks even a little bit of internal consistency.
Could the story be a cover because she (or her husband) did something even more embarrassing? I haven't read past the part I quoted.