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!
Look, Mrs Kousha. There are way more than twenty of us listening. Usually.
Haha my first thought was, "Which stacker is this?"
I am guessing it's not the Stacker Sports podcast lol
@StackerSports
My wife definitely doesn’t listen and I think @Undisciplined said his wife only listened once.
Just to be supportive. Her favorite part was the intro music.
It’s all downhill once we start talking. Haha
It's especially funny because I'm the one who talks first once the music stops.
haha
Can confirm k00b hasn't been married that long.
maybe just good opsec
na i remember
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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?
I didn't even tell them about it.
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.
hahahahahaha........the best answer
I'm pretty sure this is a Bugle skit. It tickles me the same way.
People responding to this seriously are why we don't deserve better psyops.
I mean, I know it's bait, especially the word "AI slop", but the advice is good either way
I believed her ... or him?
still do to some degree
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.
ya this was my first guess, second guess was nvk 🤣 but not likely cause of the covid thing
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.
This is excellent advice
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.
This has to be bait since you posted it to a website that is inhabited by 20 buddies from the internet.
You're sleeping on the couch today
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.
The husband needs to stop insisting that she listen to his podcast. She tried it once and found it boring and repetitive.
Indeed.
But this post sounds like a joke to me. If it is real it sounds like the husband wrote it :)
I concluded the same.
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.
I think the stacker sports pod is great, but maybe it's not for everyone!
We do try to be for those with low expectations though, so this post isn't encouraging feedback.
This could only be one stacker:
@realBitcoinDog
Haha yea I count on her not listening lmao!
That’s like asking her to read books I’ve published 😭😭
We've seen evidence that she listens through the baby monitor without even being invited to.
This is true haha
Carla?
Danm, u think walker's podcast is boring? I think he's one of the best
No, @office does not think his podcast is boring.
But Carla does.
Use AI to summarize it for you.
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!
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
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.
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.
Why are you gae
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.
Of course you are not required to listen to the podcast and as a adults people it should be explainable to each other.
However
seems like an unnecessary cruelty.
This should be in a different territory not bitcoin
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
Take heart: your life has achieved memedom. Few of us can claim such enlightenment.
nym checks out