twinkletoes story

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#1 Dec 28 - 7PM
twinkletoes
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twinkletoes story

Buyer beware.

My story is only 5 months of BS but i'll put it out there anyway.

I was totally smitten with a guy I knew for about a year..tall, broad-shouldered, handsome (every girl was after him), funny, and wow what a charmer...

Then, in July, during a particularly rough spot in my life, he waltzed in out of the blue, and declared the love and desire he had felt for me the past year.

As we got to know each other (he wanted me to be his gf the 2nd day), I couldnt believe how much we both had gone through..travelling similar paths; how much he listened, wanted to know, how much attention he showered me with and needless to say as the days, weeks passed, i thought God had delivered a gift from heaven to me.
Strangly, a lot of the bad "stuff" that was going on in my life, mended itself, changed for the best, so again it seemed proof that he was the one. We had talked about marriage (he introduced the subject), how much he wanted children & family,

FFWD a few months
I loaned him $1500 and the next day he stopped communicating with me. Some time after that we broke up. He seemed the most upset over having to change his facebook status back to single. We are both in our 30s.

How I came across NPD:
His behavior/actions left me in a fog. I googled the traits and the results came up with Narcisisstic Personality Disorder

*Had to have permission to kiss him most of the time

*Crazy rage then snapped back to normalcy like the flick of a switch

*Talked about desire for sex, porn, masturbation constantly but rarely put out, and when he did..5 minutes of awful!

*Yelled when I laughed at anything other than his jokes, or when i cried about something evoking emotion

*Obsessed with tv; watching for hours or the same movie over and over, all night, EVERY night

*Huge, amazing plans for us that changed weekly, sometimes daily..No matter how small or big, none of them came to be

*Wanted to use my money, others money..always out of money..always a desperate emergency for more

*Modest, funny, oh-so-charming public personality/Sneaky, abusive when it was just us.

*Lies, lying, stealing, hidden arrests and drug use, tons of deliquent debt. Had to have the best, most exp. of everything.

*Told me he loved me the first time we talked

*Wouldnt answer the phone despite telling me Im the love of his life

Found out 3 other women from where we met, had been duped with the same lines and crap from him.
The list is just a few observations. The bottom line, I knew something was off..too good to be true..and when the insults upgraded to threats of violence, it should be the biggest flag of all!
Listen to your gut! My heart goes out to all those dealing with these psychos.

Jan 3 - 1AM
Night Owl
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BTDT

I can relate to a lot of your story. I sat near my N in class and had a crush on him for awhile before he asked me out. So I was just amazed this great looking guy who I had been crushing on was dating me. Things you mentioned like being obsessed with TV. There were certain shows and movies he would watch over and over. Even kept the TV on when we went to bed, I hated that as I couldn't sleep with the TV on but whenever I asked him to turn it off he would get angry. *Modest, funny, oh-so-charming public personality/Sneaky, abusive when it was just us." - yes yes yes! He could be so charming with others but could turn it right off when he was just with me. He has friends who will defend him to the death and think his exes are crazy because he treats his friends so well they don't believe what a jerk he is to his women. He would say I didn't know how to handle money which is ironic because he is in debt up to his eyeballs. Huge credit card debt and he will end up losing his house in a few years because he can't pay his balloon payment on the mortgage. Also he likes giving the impression he is a real stud when in reality...well...not so much. So glad I found this site and people who understand!!!
Dec 29 - 1AM
bgirl
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My heart goes out to

My heart goes out to you....and it's not 'only 5months.' sometimes it's not the time period but the intensity/ magnitude of the experience. Don't downplay your feelings. They are valuable just like you xx
Dec 28 - 8PM
twinkletoes
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Additionally

I should add, had it not been for the $1500 loan, I probably would have continued on in this relationship. My biggest weakness isn't shoes nor chocolate..but a tall, gorgeous charming man and he was my Prince. He caught me when I was low and lonely and how could I have said no to a man I'd been secretly crazy, CRAZY about for a year? I believe I became lost in the fantasy he created for us and when the fantasy morphed into one centered around him, I wouldn't accept it. I thought the uncomfortables and unexplained would change. Instead they became the unsafes and unacceptables. Nothing about NPD was known to me and had I been aware of the disorder, it would have been obvious, at the beginning he embodied all of these traits. I wonder if I still would have left him immediately, knowing what would befall me? Im glad to have found this website and learning to avoid a next time.
Dec 29 - 7PM (Reply to #2)
13Moons13
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Yep, been there, done that.

Yep, been there, done that. Narc's are good. I knew about them and was still fooled and sucked in. (but I didn't know then what I know now) . Sometimes the traits aren't obvious until months or years later. Good job for only putting up with it for 5 months.