Hey everyone. I know I haven't been here for a while and I want to tell you the reason for it.
23 Jun 2023, 16:46
Hey everyone. I know I haven’t been here for a while and I want to tell you the reason for it. I understand that usually personal life shouldn’t affect business or vice versa but I am just a human being after all and what has happened behind the scene has really affected me and my ability to participate in the development of Pawth for the last months. I’ve been thinking about how much of this should I reveal, first of all if you are even interested to learn and then if there is any benefit of me sharing it but what has always worked the best for this project and what I know you deserve is complete transparency and honesty, to the point that I don’t violate the rights of anyone else involved which in this situation would be my significant other. So here it goes:
I married my wife on 10.10.2018. That was the best day of my life. Felt like everything finally clicked and I understood that she was written to be part of me. We met each other 1.5 years before our wedding so in total we have been together for almost 7 years. There have always been some difficult times like in any marriage but everything worked out eventually and overall we were happy. First signs of things breaking apart were little before and after the launch of Pawth. For almost 8 months I not only prioritised working on Grumpy/Pawth but did just that and neglected everything else. I woke up with the laptop by my side and went to sleep after 16-18 hours of working with the laptop by my side. Going even for a walk with her was a luxury that I wasn’t able to afford more than once a month. I just thought that eventually she would see that all of the sweat, blood anad tear would be worth it. This just went on for too long and the unrecoverable damage was done. Almost 7 years is long enough for you to not be able to even imagine life without the other. This is why we didn’t leave a single stone unturned in our route to figure things out and save our marriage. Unfortunately nothing worked.
Finally we filed for divorce 7th of November last year. By Finnish law there is a 6 month waiting period and in that time we continued to try to figure things out. A week ago 12th of June we finally made the final agreement and we are now officially divorced. She is searching for apartments and in a couple of weeks, more likely days, instead of having 4 people running around the house, I will be alone. I’m fine though, after these past 1.5 years of us having issues I have accepted this fact as a reality and I don’t want to downplay this by a bit but honestly I now feel a sense of relief. What has been worse above everything else was the uncertainty. This is what has been detrimental for me scheduling my time and everything else besides my relationship.
You guys asked for transparency, well here it was and then some. I am not looking for pity or even understanding. I’m letting you know about the reality of the situation in order for you to be able to evaluate it accordingly. I hope that this will give some insight on why things have been quiet on my part or how sometimes I popped in with a lot of positivity, energy and then disappeared for a while. Now you know the truth. I can now certainly say that I will have much more time for myself to use it however I prefer. This added to my motivation of proving to myself and to everyone else that I can do whatever I put my mind to. My belief in Pawth and our team hasn’t decreased even a bit and we are all excited to let you know about the future developments.