How to Get Your Spouse on Board with Bitcoin
synopsis
The second half of a two-hour recording session, this episode is entirely Mandana-driven: how to get your spouse on board with Bitcoin. They explore the cultural dynamics of investing as a "boys club," roleplay a pitch to a skeptical partner, and argue that Bitcoin is savings — not investing. One of their most relationship-focused episodes.
quotes
"Bitcoin is not investing... Bitcoin is savings. It is how you save your hard work."
"People don't have ideas. Ideas have people. And the idea of Bitcoin is getting more and more people every day."
"If your spouse comes to you and says, hey, I think we should do this with our money. And you're not open to that conversation. You're doing a disservice to your spouse."
"If you married someone who you don't trust their judgment, that actually says more about you than them."
"No one really wants to acknowledge that. But the only way that you can truly understand what it is, is if you have it, and you have it for like a cycle and a half."
"Do you know if you guys got divorced and he didn't tell you that he had it, he would just leave with that money." — Mandana's wake-up call for women
"Definitely smarter than her. Definitely smarter than her. I know you. I don't know that chick." — Mandana in the roleplay, about herself
topics
Getting your spouse/partner on board with BitcoinThe cultural gendering of investing and finance as "boys stuff"Bitcoin as savings vs. investing — the critical distinctionThe halving as an onboarding tool and timeline motivatorWomen's historical relationship to household financesRoleplay: how to pitch Bitcoin to a skeptical partnerDollar-cost averaging at $1/day as entry strategy