In 2016, Marina from Latvia was dating a guy named Pascal. They had been together for two years, but their relationship started to fall apart.
Pascal was obsessed with cryptocurrencies: he spent hours sitting at the computer, studying blockchain, mining on his old farm with three graphics cards, and spending all his spare money on buying various coins that no one even knew about at the time.
Marina initially supported his passion, but over time she began to get annoyed. All their conversations revolved around Bitcoin, Ethereum, and some 'smart contracts'. There was no money from all this, the electricity bills were rising, and their plans for a shared future seemed to have completely vanished.
One day, Marina's patience broke. After another evening when Pascal preferred the crypto forum to their date, she packed her things and left, saying she needed a guy who 'lives in the real world, not in a digital fairy tale.'
Years passed. By 2021, Marina was already married to a successful entrepreneur, and one day they were watching the news together. The television was discussing how Bitcoin had reached an all-time high of $65,000 per coin. Marina immediately remembered Pascal and his passion.
Out of curiosity, she checked his old social media profile and found that Pascal now lived in a luxurious mansion in Switzerland, traveled the world, and owned an investment company. It turned out that he not only kept his bitcoins but also invested in projects that later became major blockchain companies. His fortune was estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
One day they accidentally met at a conference in Paris. Pascal looked confident, but still kind and simple. Marina tried to apologize for not believing in him back then, but Pascal just smiled and said:
— If you hadn't left, I might not have become who I am now.
💡 Think about how important it is sometimes to give a person the time and freedom to go their own way, even if it seems strange.
