Nick Middaugh

Like I'd come home every once in a while, visit my parents. I'd hang out with my boy, Freddie. Um, it's my cousin and, uh, we were tight growing up. So I'd hang out with him. But otherwise, like I go to college, didn't make any friends college.

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Um, so I met my wife shortly after I graduated high school. She was a senior. Um, it's a year behind me and, uh, Yeah, I mean.

Um, so I met my wife shortly after I graduated high school. She was a senior. Um, it's a year behind me and, uh, Yeah, I mean.

Um, so I met my wife shortly after I graduated high school. She was a senior. Um, it's a year behind me and, uh, Yeah, I mean.

All the time. All the time. And, you know, part of the story is also, like, I am the protagonist and I am the antagonist. you know, I'm both, I'm, I was such a, like my, my wife. So to give you an idea of like what my wife was coming from, like, I don't want to get too deep into it because, um, it's in the past and everything's better now, but she did not have like an ideal childhood.

All the time. All the time. And, you know, part of the story is also, like, I am the protagonist and I am the antagonist. you know, I'm both, I'm, I was such a, like my, my wife. So to give you an idea of like what my wife was coming from, like, I don't want to get too deep into it because, um, it's in the past and everything's better now, but she did not have like an ideal childhood.

All the time. All the time. And, you know, part of the story is also, like, I am the protagonist and I am the antagonist. you know, I'm both, I'm, I was such a, like my, my wife. So to give you an idea of like what my wife was coming from, like, I don't want to get too deep into it because, um, it's in the past and everything's better now, but she did not have like an ideal childhood.

Um, there's a lot of substance abuse involved with, uh, her dad and, um, some other things that she went through her and her little brother. And, uh, So when she met me and we became romantic and we're dating and got into a relationship, like I was in a spiral of just like drinking and like poor mental health. And she didn't want me to do it. And like an absolute piece of shit, I just ignored her.

Um, there's a lot of substance abuse involved with, uh, her dad and, um, some other things that she went through her and her little brother. And, uh, So when she met me and we became romantic and we're dating and got into a relationship, like I was in a spiral of just like drinking and like poor mental health. And she didn't want me to do it. And like an absolute piece of shit, I just ignored her.

Um, there's a lot of substance abuse involved with, uh, her dad and, um, some other things that she went through her and her little brother. And, uh, So when she met me and we became romantic and we're dating and got into a relationship, like I was in a spiral of just like drinking and like poor mental health. And she didn't want me to do it. And like an absolute piece of shit, I just ignored her.

And she stayed though. And she stayed. My wife, you know, throughout all of this, like she's an absolute rock star. I don't. I have done enough that should have driven her away. Did she ever give you an ultimatum? A few times, yeah. Yeah. But when I was still drinking and still in this state of subscribing to a victim mentality, I was narcissistic and manipulative.

And she stayed though. And she stayed. My wife, you know, throughout all of this, like she's an absolute rock star. I don't. I have done enough that should have driven her away. Did she ever give you an ultimatum? A few times, yeah. Yeah. But when I was still drinking and still in this state of subscribing to a victim mentality, I was narcissistic and manipulative.

And she stayed though. And she stayed. My wife, you know, throughout all of this, like she's an absolute rock star. I don't. I have done enough that should have driven her away. Did she ever give you an ultimatum? A few times, yeah. Yeah. But when I was still drinking and still in this state of subscribing to a victim mentality, I was narcissistic and manipulative.

She would give me an ultimatum, and I would find a way to manipulate it to where she couldn't do that. We went through, you know, plenty of seasons where she would be like, hey, you need to stop or else I'm leaving, you know. And I'd get better for a little bit and then I'd go right back to it. Yeah. That's the most insidious type. So. Yeah, so we met, and I ended up moving.

She would give me an ultimatum, and I would find a way to manipulate it to where she couldn't do that. We went through, you know, plenty of seasons where she would be like, hey, you need to stop or else I'm leaving, you know. And I'd get better for a little bit and then I'd go right back to it. Yeah. That's the most insidious type. So. Yeah, so we met, and I ended up moving.

She would give me an ultimatum, and I would find a way to manipulate it to where she couldn't do that. We went through, you know, plenty of seasons where she would be like, hey, you need to stop or else I'm leaving, you know. And I'd get better for a little bit and then I'd go right back to it. Yeah. That's the most insidious type. So. Yeah, so we met, and I ended up moving.

Fast forward a few years, we're in a relationship. We'd been on and off constantly because I was just a piece of shit, and she would dump me. She dumped me several times up until we got solid. And I go from being on the fire department to now I'm working corrections and doing adult corrections at a minimum security.