So, how my wife and I handle finances is that both of our paychecks go into the same account. That account funds all of our bills including gas, groceries, and savings. We then split the rest 50/50. That's our "fuck you" money. We literally never argue about money, because we always get the same amount and it works great for us.
Obviously just about every penny of my "fuck you" money goes directly into bitcoin without question, I figure I can buy enough for both of us with just my money alone.
I really wasn't even trying to orange pill her. I don't really try to persuade her, but I occasionally talk about it. I figured if she wasn't into it, I wasn't going to beat her over the head with it, because nobody wants to live with that. My wife is still very much in a fiat mindset, and out of curiosity she asked me how much she thought my bitcoin would be worth by the time I'm 65. I sat down with her and told her how much I was planning on spending per year on bitcoin and then had AI do the math for me, because I can barely tie my own shoes.
FV = P × [((1 + r)^n - 1) / r]
Where:
- FV is the future value of your investment.
- P is the payment made each period (annually, in this case).
- r is the interest rate per period (as a decimal).
- n is the number of periods.
I had it run the math at 10% yearly return and 30% yearly return and told her, "no guarantee, but it seems pretty safe to assume it will fall between those two numbers." And that was enough for her to want to start putting money in.
She's not going as hard as I am, but now I get to buy even more bitcoin than I was planning on, and I could not be more happy about it.
