I've finally confessed to my family: ....

I'm a cryptohead!!!

It took a long time but I decided it was finally time to confess to my family that I like crypto, that I am in crypto as they say and that I might want, if possible, work in crypto. That I am on Steemit and I write. And a few other personal stuff I can't share even here!
It's very difficult thing to do - or at least it was for me - because it's very hard to explain exactly what all this "crypto" is. However I felt it was time to explain a bit to my parents what I do and how I got here. It might surprise you but for them it was a total shocker.

The main reason I wanted them to know was because, for the longest of times, I believe my life was not really going peachy. In many way, Steemit was an unique event that totally changed my direction. I look back at my life pre-Steemit and I see a stranger. A depressed, hopeless guy with no drive to put his talents to work. Steemit was the fire.
I don't regret anything though. The fact that life seemed a lot darker back then it's what led me down the internet hole and looking for answer suggstions and honestly: something to learn. I joined groups and read forums and somewhere, @stellabella kept saying we should try Steemit.
I did.
And now here we are.

It's staggering and scary and weird to think that if it weren't for a boring Friday night I would have never joined. Or maybe I would have done it late? But honestly, nothing would have been the same. The people I met, the people I helped, Steemfest. Everything was like a well-kept secret in my day to day life. Almost nobody knew anything about it.

So, it came to this holiday season for me to say something. This is what I am doing, following and it is something interesting and has potential.
Please don't worry. Well, they will anyway but at least not as much.
It did feel like a confession and an important thing to say, to me. But my family is not very ceremonial and they took it like a any other thing. "If that's what you want, You're a grown ass man do you want our permission?!"
Uhm, in fact, I guess I wanted their approval.
Do we ever get that from our parents?

I am not sure they were too convinced on all this and they might respond when people ask what do I do with "something with bitcoin I think?". But it's good enough for me that they know. That's what was important for me and I hope I kind of explained it well.
I guess I wish they'd ask more questions down the line and I can explain more. I am not hopeful as all this might seem a bit intimidating for them but oh well.

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Does your family knows and understands your crypto passion?
Did you convince them to invest or are they interested?
Looking to hear of your experience!