I'm a breadwinner also and I know where you're coming from. 1st quarter of 2018, I have more than $20,000 worth of coins. My grandmother got sick and my auntie lost most of her savings due to a failed business. They are the ones who raised me and my siblings when I was young because my mother had a mental sickness and my father is one of those what I called "SPERM DONOR". As a sign of indebtedness to my auntie and grandmother, I decided to sell my coins eventhough I knew that it can reach a higher value in the future. For some people, they might think that it was a wrong decision but for people like us, it was one of the best decisions we ever made. There is nothng more happier for us breadwinner for the joy and satisfaction that we can provide for our family and loved ones. We can always gain money but feeling that we provide happiness to our family is priceless. I salute you for what you did!
Thank you brother. I salute you too for what you did, and for the candid perspective. You are a huge asset to your family and will forever be valuable to them. You did the right thing too, especially by remembering what they did for you in the past and helping them in return.
That is one reason why I believe it is difficult to hold bitcoins for a longer period of time especially for the middle and lower class people. They have to cash out in emergency situations.
I definitely recommend people not to keep their Bitcoin in case of a situation like you were in. If you wouldn't sell your Bitcoin, your family would be in a very bad condition and you would have a very hard time to fix that problem.
Very few people give priority to the people over money and I am happy such people do exists in the world.
This story shows that humanity yet exists the holder could have ignored his grandmothers problems, but he decided to cashout bitcoins and help her and these are the kind of stories media should highlight. I dont agree with your statement that lower and middle class should not hodl bitcoins, instead I would suggest them to only hodl thier surplus funds in bitcoins so they dont need to cashout bitcoins for every emergency.