She basically told him not to work unless it was a job where he could talk to her while at work. She is on the show saying “I don’t mind helping you out with money because that’s what people in love do” when in reality she is basically willing to pay him to stay home from work so she has access to him whenever she wants.
I think he felt comfortable taking her money because she told him unless he could find a job where they could have constant contact she didn’t want him working. In one of the first few episodes he talks about how he did have a job but lost it because Nicole was calling all the time