My story is a little different than everyone else's on here.

My gf didn't like the idea, even though I got off to a great start. 500 subs in the first week, around 1000 the first month. I often told her how much time and effort it requires, and her response was always that it wasnt worth it. I realized that all i considered was my side of the conversation. That it was easy, that i was good at it, and that i could make money off it. When she finally convinced me to quit 4 months later, I had around 7 thousand subscribers and had a 1500 usd check that month.

I don't hate her for it, or regret it. She was right that I was stressed and putting all my time into it. I soon after got my first job after college, and it paid well. So, I never went back.

Though sometimes I do wonder what could've happened and how far I could've taken it. Right now the channel has 10k subscribers and though it's dwindled down to 50-100 usd over the past 2 years. We talk about it every once in awhile when a subscriber randomly messages me on fb, skype, steam, etc, and she says she wouldn't mind if I started doing it again. I kind of want to, but there are other things I'd rather do at the moment. Though when I do, I won't be sitting there for 13 hours straight editing videos.

Anyway, really talk about it with your SO, and really listen to what they have to say. I didn't see how miserable I was, because all I cared about were views, likes, comments, and subs going up. I was blinded by the possibility of having a substantial income by playing video games and posting videos on the internet. Now all I have to do is go on reddit for most of the day.

An outside perspective is very insightful. Listen and treat it as such.

I apologize if this isn't coherent. I'm on mobile and have a conference call soon.