It was so uncomfortable.

Any time a guy wants to pull a Mickey Rourke and use food in the bedroom is idolizing a narcissist has got to go! Red flag!

Mickey Rourke! Wooooohoooooo! Nobody could've played that part better:) (I loved him in bullet too).

based on a novel which was written by Elizabeth McNeill. The novel is set in the 1970s shortly after the sexual revolution. I remember when it was released it was somewhat controversial. I read it in a day (it's just 120 pages) and liked it very much because I thought it was an honest portrayal of an encounter/involvement with a PD by a strong woman. At the time, I had often pondered about a relationship I had in my late 20s with someone who was very similiar. Like the character in the book, however, I was healthy and strong enough to get out before it got too destructive. It stayed with me, however.

Most women I knew at the time hated the book for what I think are obvious reasons. Unless you've been there it does seem somewhat ridiculous and insane. A healthy person understands that it is not a tale of great romance, but rather a tale of deep control and a willingness for some women to give their power away as if they are brainless and/or entranced...which is kind of what happens.

The good thing is she stops herself from continuing down the path to destruction. She GOES NO CONTACT. PERIOD. SHE'S DONE. And it's over. She doesn't jump for joy, but she doesn't destroy herself either.

Anyhow, I don't know for a fact but I believe for the author to write a novel that so closely reflects a PD relationship she must have been through it. It is a novel, however, so one will never know.

My two cents...

Sincerely,
(not) spinning. AND IT FEELS GREAT