frustratedBitWife

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!