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1910 sats \ 52 comments \ @frustratedBitWife 22h bitcoin

TL;DR - My husband is insistent that I listen to his podcast but it's boring and repetitive. I finally told him the truth which is that I prefer AI slop over listening to his podcast. He isn't handling it well.

Quick back story, we've been married almost 9 years. The first 5 years were wonderful. I guess I should feel blessed our marriage had such a long "honeymoon phase." However, things started to get rocky during Covid when we were forced to work from home, isolated from our friends, family, and community. This is also around the time when he discovered Bitcoin. Since getting into it he's become obsessed. Our savings have grown dramatically as a result of buying Bitcoin over the last few years which is great but his obsession with Bitcoin goes beyond savings. He started his own podcast to talk about Bitcoin last year and has been spending a lot of time and energy on it.

I don't have a problem with any of that. My problem is that he INSISTS I listen to every episode of his podcast. He is relentless. If I don't listen to it he will nag me about it and make me feel bad for it. If I say I did listen he quizzes me about the things they talked about in the episode until he realizes I didn't actually listen.

Over 4th of July I finally snapped and I told him I prefer TikTok videos and pointless "AI slop" to listening to his boring podcast. I told him I don't care about all the crypto scams and government psyops. I don't think I'm being unreasonable about it either. After a year of podcasting he has like 20 listeners and they're mostly his buddies from the internet.

He isn't handling it well. We haven't really talked much since I snapped at him and he seems depressed. I do feel bad about being so blunt but that's truly how I feel. Is there any way to fix this? How can I let him know I love him and support him, I just don't want to listen to his podcast!

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171 sats \ 12 replies \ @siggy47 21h

Look, Mrs Kousha. There are way more than twenty of us listening. Usually.

57 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21h

Haha my first thought was, "Which stacker is this?"

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h

I am guessing it's not the Stacker Sports podcast lol

@StackerSports

32 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 12h

My wife definitely doesn’t listen and I think @Undisciplined said his wife only listened once.

51 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h

Just to be supportive. Her favorite part was the intro music.

53 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2h

It’s all downhill once we start talking. Haha

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47 sats \ 3 replies \ @Car 20h

haha

Quick back story, we've been married almost 9 years. The first 5 years were wonderful.

Can confirm k00b hasn't been married that long.

61 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 19h

maybe just good opsec

74 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 19h

na i remember

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 5h

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 20h

I suspect there are deeper issues than podcast content and subscribers.

When you were interviewed by KR, did you force your wife and daughter to listen?

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 20h

I didn't even tell them about it.

169 sats \ 1 reply \ @kruw 21h

This has to be bait since you posted it to a website that is inhabited by 20 buddies from the internet.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 19h

You're sleeping on the couch today

103 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 20h

I think the stacker sports pod is great, but maybe it's not for everyone!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h

We do try to be for those with low expectations though, so this post isn't encouraging feedback.

255 sats \ 1 reply \ @nichro 20h

Start a podcast with your girlfriends, force him to listen and quiz him, obviously.

Also withhold off sex until he likes, subscribes and hits the bell.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 19h

hahahahahaha........the best answer

122 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21h

IMO, you should apologize for snapping at him and being too harsh. You should tell him you support him, but you just aren't as interested in it as he is. Hopefully, he'll understand your perspective and you can both move on from this incident. If he's not understanding and continues to insist you listen, then he might have a problem.... but that seems to be a bridge to cross when you get to it.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h

The husband needs to stop insisting that she listen to his podcast. She tried it once and found it boring and repetitive.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 19h

Indeed.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 19h

But this post sounds like a joke to me. If it is real it sounds like the husband wrote it :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 28m

I concluded the same.

179 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 21h

I'm pretty sure this is a Bugle skit. It tickles me the same way.

122 sats \ 3 replies \ @justin_shocknet 21h

People responding to this seriously are why we don't deserve better psyops.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 19h

Its easy enough to fake a response that sounds serious as it is to post this as a farce. Most of the stuff on the Internet isn't real. We don't know much of anything in that regard.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 20h

I mean, I know it's bait, especially the word "AI slop", but the advice is good either way

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 20h

I believed her ... or him?

still do to some degree

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 20h

ya this was my first guess, second guess was nvk 🤣 but not likely cause of the covid thing

211 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fundamentals 22h

As a bitcoin podcaster, I can say seriously - I'm glad my wife doesn't listen. I don't want to answer for everything i say that she misunderstands, I don't want her uninformed pointers of how to improve or grow it - I'm grateful I get to have the escape.

Hold your ground - its for his own good.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h

This is excellent advice

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @conduition 2h

First, let me apologize on behalf of bitcoiners everywhere for your IRL frustrations, and for the terrible advice given by my peers in other comments here. Bitcoiners can be a bit dramatic at times, and sometimes feel so righteously invigorated by their beliefs that they forget they can be wrong and do wrong.

You've done nothing unreasonable here. Maybe you should've had a talk with your hubby earlier, but you didn't, and eventually temper got the better of you. It's OK, it happens to us all sometimes.

The important thing is that you and he have a frank and honest discussion once both of you have calmed down. If the snap was on 4th of July, i'd say you're overdue for a good sit-down chat, assuming you otherwise haven't talked about it yet. I think both of you have reason to apologize.

I can't give you the "magic words" because after 9 years' marriage, you likely know him better than anyone else, including anyone on this website or anyone on his podcast.

My only advice is: When/if he asks you why you don't want to listen to his podcast, don't let him press you for constructive criticism - it may not end well. Just say "it's not my thing". Sounds like the podcast means a lot to him. He needs to understand that you support him and his podcasting in a way that doesn't involve you listening to it.

Good luck!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 29m

It sounds like she has told him and he is reacting poorly

Couples disagree over what to watch and DVR or what to order for delivery or where to eat

Posting about this sounds like an overreaction but the husband is also over reacting

The fact that a woman is seeking marital advice on SN is a problem for the marriage

I say separate for a month or longer and see what happens

55 sats \ 2 replies \ @office 21h

Carla?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jp_digital 18h

Danm, u think walker's podcast is boring? I think he's one of the best

101 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiatbad 12h

No, @office does not think his podcast is boring.

But Carla does.

81 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 14h

This could only be one stacker:

@realBitcoinDog

53 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 14h

Haha yea I count on her not listening lmao!

That’s like asking her to read books I’ve published 😭😭

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h

We've seen evidence that she listens through the baby monitor without even being invited to.

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled 19h

firstly, even though i don't think you should go behind his back making a post like this, SN is probably the best place to do it. secondly, i think it is important that you show your man that you stand by him because what he is doing is important for bitcoiners. he orange pilled you, didn't he? don't you think you should be appreciative of him instead of complaining anonymously in an online forum? it sounds like you've made quite a mess, honestly. if i were you, i'd ask him to forgive you and then see if he wants your constructive criticisms for how he can make his podcast better. be ready with some pointers in case he does.

196 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 20h

I think that was not the right way to tell him that you don't like his podcast. I also think that communication is essential in relationships and that maybe that's what they lack.

35 sats \ 0 replies \ @96c0b276a3 20h

Use AI to summarize it for you.

34 sats \ 2 replies \ @satoshisound 21h

Tell your husband to stop being gay. Gay men like to tell women everything they are up to. Straight men realize that men and women are fundamentally different and that is a good thing. If you cared as much about Bitcoin as your husband does, you'd be a dude or Lyn Alden.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiatbad 12h

I think Lyn Alden is a babe. If she wasn't already married, I'd ask her if she wants to spar and look at some charts.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satgoob 14h

Why are you gae

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 5h

At some point you have to understand something. If he insists and nags you, its probably because he needs you support/affirmation and values you. Maybe the day he stops asking you is because he doesnt need your support anymore. Not saying you should listen against your will, but he is leaning on you.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CruncherDefi 10h

Of course you are not required to listen to the podcast and as a adults people it should be explainable to each other.

However

I finally told him the truth which is that I prefer AI slop over listening to his podcast.

seems like an unnecessary cruelty.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12h

This should be in a different territory not bitcoin

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h

Is there any way to fix this?

Make up sex

edit: move out for a month, get your own place on VRBO or something, tell him you need time along and away from him and he will stop nagging you about his podcast

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 21h

Take heart: your life has achieved memedom. Few of us can claim such enlightenment.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter 21h

nym checks out