Red Flags-

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#1 Feb 27 - 9PM
ggbabi45
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Red Flags-

Hindsight is 20/20 after a few months-

These are red flags I ignored and blamed myself for. I thought because I was questioning his behavior and getting upset I caused some of it to occur more...

-the stare on first date like he was looking into my soul through my eyes
-moving very quickly (always w/ a narc.)
-was "on and off" with his girlfriend when we started dating
-talked about threesomes a few weeks after dating. Said I would like to see you give your best friend oral sex (jokingly yeah right). I know I should have run but laughed it off.
-Told me he was needy.
-gifts,trips,key to his house after a month, talked about having kids and marrying me after a month.met the family immediately
- I talked to him about the military and how it is wrong when spouses cheat while their loved ones are deployed. He said: "Well, people do get lonely,"
-I told him how I thought his employee was very sweet and pretty..he said."I fucked her.No I'm just joking haha."
-would lay in bed with me and call me whore,bitch,cum dumpster,slut and say it was a joke.
-His family was saying after one month that the rest of them were bitches and they wanted me to marry him and have his kids.
-groped one of his female friends breasts in front of me and when I got upset told me that's his personalty and if I couldn't handle it we shouldn't be together.I ended up apologizing.
-mind games-taking a long time to answer texts on purpose...but always made time for me when we went out so thought nothing of it.
-Continued to talk about threesomes and say "I would do it for you because I love you." "You have to do it with someone you will never see again and wake up in the morning and laugh about it."
-Called me a cunt when drunk..apologizing the next morning because he drank tequila
-Told my best friend I was a dipshit
-toward the end would say he would call me back and not call back all day. I was working but still dont say it and not do it.
-His face never lit up when I walked into a room
-Got a lapdance from a stripper and called me before he went to the stripclub to say he needed to hear my voice and not mention he was going. It's like he was more excited about sex after he had a strippers ass in his face.

He had good ways where he always included me in everything up until the end. I hate him right now and hope he rots in hell at this point and I've never hated anyone. I hope his new girlfriend cheats on his impotent ass and figures him out before she marries him but she is pretty gullible so she probably wont. Plus she has a 2yr old and doesn't have many options. He is a loser but he is still in my head and I hate him for that....I know -it's pathetic...F&^% YOU P.O.S NARCBOY!! Just sayin'

Feb 28 - 11AM
MountainLady
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Lots of Red Flags

It's true....we just want to see the best in them & give them the benefit of the doubt. The narc knows this and knows just how to use this to make us more dependant on them. The biggest red flag for me next time will be if he isn't interested in me or my opinion. In the 4 years, I don't think my N ever asked me how my day went. That would be validating me. Sure, he did nice things like shovel snow and repairs, opened doors, etc....but he never respected my opinion. He decided FOR me, decided what was best for me. If I said I was going to do something, he did it behind my back before I got a chance to do it. He always did it HIS way - the cheapest, redneck way possible or the opposite of what I mentioned. He didn't think I deserved anything nice - even though I paid for everything. Just cheap and functional. Kept me in my place. And expected me to think he was a God for doing it. Also, the other women. If the single neighbor lady is hanging out at his house in her cute little PJs, there is something VERY wrong. No Sh!t.......I'm pretty horrified that I ignored the signs too. But if we get to the stage where we have to learn to forgive ourselves, I think we are finally on our way to recovery.
Feb 28 - 8AM
Maggster
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It truly horrifies me that I

It truly horrifies me that I missed, or perhaps more honestly, ignored the red flags. It is almost as if I became someone else, someone foreign to myself. My n was brilliant and knew and used my vulnerabilities against me. I recently admitted to myself that something was amiss, besides the fact that he is married, from the beginning. Here I am 15 years later praying I will learn to trust myself again. Yes, he is smart but I am smarter! I just need to remember that!!!
Feb 28 - 8AM
Maggster
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It truly horrifies me that I

It truly horrifies me that I missed, or perhaps more honestly, ignored the red flags. It is almost as if I became someone else, someone foreign to myself. My n was brilliant and knew and used my vulnerabilities against me. I recently admitted to myself that something was amiss, besides the fact that he is married, from the beginning. Here I am 15 years later praying I will learn to trust myself again. Yes, he is smart but I am smarter! I just need to remember that!!!
Feb 28 - 7AM
Sparrow
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Red flags are dismissed

Red flags are dismissed often. Don't be too hard on yourself. We ignore or dismiss them because we want to give this person the "benefit of the doubt" but we learned quickly that we can't do that. Once you recover, you will have boundaries set and detect a red flag from a mile away and run for the hills. You will trust your gut. Live and learn as they say. You are doing great!
Feb 28 - 5AM
ggbabi45
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Sorry for such descriptive

Sorry for such descriptive words...but this freak really said these things..They ARE all the same!!!
Feb 27 - 11PM
nlvr7
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Communication games

My N also took forever to reply to texts. He would test me to see if Id call him first. Hed pull up out txt history in front of me and make comments like "i really appreciated thst exclamation here" or see u usually reply "happier" or "faster" when I send u a joke.....omg I am so happy to not be under that psychopaths microscope anymore!!!
Feb 27 - 11PM
tootsgee
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god... so many of your red

god... so many of your red flags should have been mine too... I really hope i would never miss them again. I find it astonishing how similar these people are... I hope I will be wise next time and kick his sorry ass to the kerb should I come across another one.
Feb 28 - 5AM (Reply to #2)
ggbabi45
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This CANNOT be just

This CANNOT be just coincidence.they play it off like they are the best guys on the planet too. That's what gets me. They are so fake in every way. Time and NC are the way to go although I still feel him connected to me somehow after 5 months and I don't know why...oh yeah, because he is a narc!! xo