My wife woke up yesterday jumping from excitement She just received a job offer from Google "Babe, they want to pay me $300k, $100k base plus $200k in stock options" she said I sat down and held her hand "Sweetheart, that means they are offering you just $100k" "No look, it says total compensation is $300k" I gently closed her laptop "Stock options are imaginary money, it's a well known American scam, it's not real" I said "But I could just sell them for cash?" she asked I tried not to laugh, women can be so naive sometimes "That's not how stocks work. Who told you this?" She said her recruiter explained it I sighed. Of course. An American filled her head with nonsense "Baby, American stocks are worthless, it's imaginary shares from an imaginary company" "But it's such a good offer" she started crying "I know, baby" I hugged her, and right there I knew I needed to act It's my job as a husband to shield her from American predators Later I emailed the recruiter and declined on her behalf I explained that my wife is not interested in fantasy compensation from a failing company We are European. We don't fall for American tricks She will keep her job at SAP making €43,000 a year, which puts her above most women in Germany Feels good knowing I protected our future

Maybe she should ask for some in bitcoin?