Sophie Cachia

And I, anyway, I have no explanation.

Maybe I did need to, maybe I was punishing myself.

I don't know.

And the only way that I can make sense of any of it now is that Maddie was at the end for me.

Well, I think the friendship that we developed first and initially at the start, and I say this to her, I thought she was a bit of a wanker.

Like, she's so funny, but, you know, she's got a bit of a pep in her step, you know, but also so do I, so...

maybe that was again my ego but then when I got to know her on a deeper level as a friend she's so she's a lot more caring than I thought she'd ever would be she's so family focused she truly which is something I've sort of had to teach her not to do because I've been that person she does everything for everyone and I've sort of had to teach her in life like you can't be that person for everyone because you get taken advantage of and I only knew that from my own life experience but

you know, she's the friend that will, someone calls at two o'clock in the morning, I need your help.

She would get in the car and go.

And she became very close to me in the sense, I would see her doing these things.

And I really started to shift my vision of it.

Like, wow.

Also, I had the same idea of when, this is going back years ago, 23 year old.

And

She has her own home.

She's purchased her own home.

She owns her own car.

She has her own money.

She has things set up in her life that I know 30-, 40-year-olds don't even have.

So I was very impressed with her life skills as well and potential in a partner from that avenue.