Intro - What do your loved ones/significant others think of crypto?

[thm001]

I have been lurking for a bit -- Have a hopefully somewhat interesting question for my fist post:
"What do your loved ones/significant others think of your crypto-currency efforts/dreams?"

Personally most of my friends can dig what I am doing in the depths of my basement mining a variation of BTC,LTC, and XPM,
But my wife has been my strongest opponent to deal with.
She first thought i was insane playing with "fake money" and extremely pissed at the money i spent for mining gear, ( which was a rather insignificant amount ).
She is coming around now but still not where I hoped she would be in terms of supporting my efforts.

Would be interested in hearing how others have dealt with explaining BTC/crypto to loved ones etc.

[Jcw188]

Quote "Oh, Bitcoin is a real thing?"  after hearing about it on the radio.

[BTC-TK]

I feel as if we're still very very early, the vast majority of people are embarrassingly ignorant about crypto.

[brokedummy]

I knew about bitcoin but never bought one until recently. Most people probably know about it but don't realize buying it is a good investment. They think it will fall in value or will go away if they don't buy in.

[Nightwatchman]

Great question!

My wife rolled her eyes when I said I wanted to buy some bitcoin. I managed to convince her that I'd read a lot about it and thought it could be a good idea. Anyway, I'm a bit of nerd and liked the idea of getting on board early.

That was back in October, just after the Silk Road bust that caused (yet another) price crash. Within three weeks of buying, the price of bitcoin had gone up four fold.

Needless to say, my wife doesn't think I'm crazy any more. 

[thm001]

Quote "Oh, Bitcoin is a real thing?"  after hearing about it on the radio.

So true -- my wife started paying more attention when it was getting more press. The "great voice of a third party" always seems to win

I knew about bitcoin but never bought one until recently. Most people probably know about it but don't realize buying it is a good investment. They think it will fall in value or will go away if they don't buy in.

I found out early 2013 -- I have been kicking myself every since  because I had a decent amount of Gaming rigs rotting in the basement until i discovered they were worth something

Great question!

My wife rolled her eyes when I said I wanted to buy some bitcoin. I managed to convince her that I'd read a lot about it and thought it could be a good idea. Anyway, I'm a bit of nerd and liked the idea of getting on board early.

That was back in October, just after the Silk Road bust that caused (yet another) price crash. Within three weeks of buying, the price of bitcoin had gone up four fold.

Needless to say, my wife doesn't think I'm crazy any more. 

Great time to get in and a great time to prove a point/ be vindicated

[Nightwatchman]

Great question!

My wife rolled her eyes when I said I wanted to buy some bitcoin. I managed to convince her that I'd read a lot about it and thought it could be a good idea. Anyway, I'm a bit of nerd and liked the idea of getting on board early.

That was back in October, just after the Silk Road bust that caused (yet another) price crash. Within three weeks of buying, the price of bitcoin had gone up four fold.

Needless to say, my wife doesn't think I'm crazy any more. 

Great time to get in and a great time to prove a point/ be vindicated

So true. Speaking of loved ones, I had a funny experience this morning when our nine year old, who must have heard me talking in the past about bitcoin with my wife, asked me what the current price of bitcoin was. I hope he's one of the lucky ones who "gets" bitcoin at an early age when the mind is most open to new ideas.