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Author Topic: I've convinced my partner to have a bitcoin. Do I buy now or wait until morning?  (Read 2051 times)
Bernard Lerring (OP)
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June 18, 2014, 12:21:17 AM
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Short story:

I owe my girlfriend £300. I gave her a cheeky ultimatum yesterday: you can have £300 cash when I get paid, or 1 BTC, whatever the cost on 18th June.

She was a bit undecided at first until I showed her a couple of charts, giving her an idea of how it could rally soon. I told her 1BTC would likely cost me an extra £50, and she said "I'll take the bitcoin, but when I want to cash it you must cash it and not try to persuade me to keep it."

My monthly salary has literally just gone in the bank now, and a coin is currently £360.80.

Do I wait for a drop in the morning (it's gone 1am and she's sleeping next to me) or buy, buy, buy in case of a price increase when we wake?

I'm more excited about it than her, to be honest.  Grin
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June 18, 2014, 12:26:40 AM
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Short story:

I owe my girlfriend £300. I gave her a cheeky ultimatum yesterday: you can have £300 cash when I get paid, or 1 BTC, whatever the cost on 18th June.

She was a bit undecided at first until I showed her a couple of charts, giving her an idea of how it could rally soon. I told her 1BTC would likely cost me an extra £50, and she said "I'll take the bitcoin, but when I want to cash it you must cash it and not try to persuade me to keep it."

My monthly salary has literally just gone in the bank now, and a coin is currently £360.80.

Do I wait for a drop in the morning (it's gone 1am and she's sleeping next to me) or buy, buy, buy in case of a price increase when we wake?

I'm more excited about it than her, to be honest.  Grin

Why don't you just pump n' dump your girlfriend?
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June 18, 2014, 12:28:00 AM
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Short story:

I owe my girlfriend £300. I gave her a cheeky ultimatum yesterday: you can have £300 cash when I get paid, or 1 BTC, whatever the cost on 18th June.

She was a bit undecided at first until I showed her a couple of charts, giving her an idea of how it could rally soon. I told her 1BTC would likely cost me an extra £50, and she said "I'll take the bitcoin, but when I want to cash it you must cash it and not try to persuade me to keep it."

My monthly salary has literally just gone in the bank now, and a coin is currently £360.80.

Do I wait for a drop in the morning (it's gone 1am and she's sleeping next to me) or buy, buy, buy in case of a price increase when we wake?

I'm more excited about it than her, to be honest.  Grin

It looks like Bitcoin is about to make a leg up. But don't expect that BTC to treble in value by the end of the month or anything. Infact, be prepared to be whipsawed all over the shop.

Where are you buying it? LocalBitcoin?

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June 18, 2014, 12:28:17 AM
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Why don't you just pump n' dump your girlfriend?

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June 18, 2014, 12:32:26 AM
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She's going to sell it right after you give it to her for a 60 quid profit.
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June 18, 2014, 12:32:55 AM
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Haha, a gutter mind among our midst, Gingermod.  Smiley

Yeah, I'll probably use localbitcoins and pay a little premium, but my wages are good for it this month.
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June 18, 2014, 12:34:03 AM
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Why don't you just pay the bitch back? This isn't how you convince people to hop on our speculative train.
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June 18, 2014, 12:36:44 AM
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Charming, Gingermod, I suppose it'll get her interested and another early adopter.

She ain't desperate for the money. She has other savings.
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June 18, 2014, 12:38:25 AM
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Charming, Gingermod, I suppose it'll get her interested and another early adopter.

She ain't desperate for the money. She has other savings.

Or you could just buy 1 BTC and spend chunks of 5-10 dollars to all your friends on social media.

Get her some flowers man, bitches love flowers.
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June 18, 2014, 12:40:44 AM
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It's not a fucking anniversary or declaration of love. I borrowed some off her when I was short last month.
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June 18, 2014, 12:41:22 AM
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It's not a fucking anniversary or declaration of love. I borrowed some off her when I was short last month.

Get her to early adopt sum dick
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June 18, 2014, 12:46:35 AM
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lol Did you you get the strange glazed look when you tried to explain bitcoin, Give her the cash man and buy some coins yourself.
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June 18, 2014, 12:48:58 AM
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That doesn't even make sense as a double entendre, Gingermod. Shame on you.

Right, I'll go and buy since it's been edging upwards recently and I accept no-one wants to convince me to gamble with her money.
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June 18, 2014, 12:50:16 AM
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That doesn't even make sense as a double entendre, Gingermod Shame on you.

Right, I'll go and buy since it's been edging upwards recently and I accept no-one wants to convince me to gamble with her money.

Buy the coin and then break up with her.

Cause how else are you gonna be rich?
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June 18, 2014, 01:05:12 AM
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my girlfriend bought a bitcoin, i told her to buy in pieces at certain target points to lower her in price in case she missed some moves. but if that reverse head and shoulders breaks thru any further you may not see these levels much more. but from a long term investment prospective, waiting til morning will likely not break you.
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June 18, 2014, 01:14:33 AM
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Done. I wonder how non-plussed she'll be in the morning  Cheesy
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June 18, 2014, 01:19:51 AM
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Done. I wonder how non-plussed she'll be in the morning  Cheesy

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June 18, 2014, 01:21:21 AM
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She was a bit undecided at first until I showed her a couple of charts, giving her an idea of how it could rally soon. I told her 1BTC would likely cost me an extra £50, and she said "I'll take the bitcoin, but when I want to cash it you must cash it and not try to persuade me to keep it."

She specifically said she has no intention to HODL.

This will not end well if the price starts to crash.
(I am considering jumping on the "sell 50%" bandwagon myself.)

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June 18, 2014, 01:21:39 AM
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Do yourself a favor OP, instead of sweating over buying a single coin, buy 10 instead.  Give her one, and keep the other 9 for yourself (and keep it secret).  And then hold.  For at least a year.

When bitcoin goes to the moon a year later, dump the girlfriend and spend it on hookers and blow.

Bitcoin > girlfriends   Grin
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June 18, 2014, 04:08:39 AM
Last edit: June 18, 2014, 04:18:49 AM by JimboToronto
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My what a lovely bunch of potty-mouthed misogynists we have here.  Cheesy

Don't get out of Mom's basement very often guys? LOL

I guess some guys just aren't very (or should I say don't often get) lucky with women.  Grin

Hookers and blow? Nice fantasy for losers to dream of wasting money on that they don't have.

Good job OP. Paycheck received, GF in bed, and looking to buy bitcoins. Life is good.  Smiley
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