If you try to pay off debt under the table how is that helpful in removing the imperialist restrictions on your person? It's already not a private situation. Don't give your ex the opportunity to claim you didn't pay.
My advice would be to power down starting now. You'll get 6/13 of your money unlocked by the time the double airdrop comes. Sell a couple thousand Hive immediately after the snapshot on jan 6.
Getting cash is obviously going to be very difficult considering your situation. You can hold the value as HBD till you figure it out.
Well, I had assumed I would involve some kind of signed contract, so that she can't pretend I didn't pay... but you're right, it would be wise to go through the state. Her involvement can be in spending the money.
Confession, I don't know anything about airdrops, or these airdrops in particular, even after reading your post on it. I would imagine your advice about that is good, but I've got no way of using it. I agree with you that HIVE still has a looong way to go, regardless of what BTC does. One possible future involves me holding on for now, and ending up with multiples of what I need to pay off the debt, and the problem pretty much solves itself.
I wrote a very long reply to Kuschj.