Midlife Crisis or Narcisistic jerk?

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#1 Nov 18 - 2PM
surroundedbythem
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Midlife Crisis or Narcisistic jerk?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/health/15mind.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=narci...

Love this article!

I would be wary of any guy on a dating site who wants to recapture his youth, or describes himself in any way that feels connected to the traits mentioned in this articel!

Nov 18 - 5PM
michele115 (not verified)
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My Vote Is

Narcissistic Jerk in a Midlife Crisis...
Nov 18 - 3PM
Briseis
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Midlife crisis or

Midlife crisis or Narcissistic Jerk? What's the freaking difference???? It all hurts someone else. I don't care if "well meaning" or "ignorance and cluelessness" is the real motivation for causing deep pain to another person. Or if it is NPD. Pain is pain. I guess I'm sort of a Calvinist without being a Christian. I don't give a SHIT about what a person's "true motivations" are, if it ends up causing someone else to suffer unnecessarily. Excellent article btw :) The former statement I made is a knee jerk response to the "question" that titles this thread :)
Nov 18 - 4PM (Reply to #4)
surroundedbythem
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Briseis

I think the author of this article is in accordance with you (and me BTW). I think the idea is that midlife-crisis sounds too temporary and too benign. These guys are JERKS! And there are way too many of them. Society seems to give men a pass on being a&&holes and it time for us females to stand up and say "We are not going to take it any more!" and not go crawling back to these disgusting pieces of turds!!!!!!
Nov 18 - 4PM (Reply to #5)
Briseis
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From the vantage point of

From the vantage point of this board, society DOES give bad behavior in men a free pass. Society gives free passes to all KINDS of rotten ass behavior to both men and women. And then we wonder why there is such tragedy in the world. We cause a lot of it by not examining our attitudes and beliefs for their TRUTHFULLNESS and reality basedness. Most people get on board with beliefs and attitudes because they make them feel "better than" and somehow more powerful, NOT because there is any truth or usefulness in them. Think racism, sexism. It's all BARBARIANISM, imho. So I ignore it and do my best to live as I would if that crap doesn't exist in MY life. And when it does invade my life, or the lives of those I care about, then I call a spade a spade.
Nov 18 - 3PM
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Great article. Thanks for

Great article. Thanks for posting it!

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Nov 18 - 4PM (Reply to #2)
surroundedbythem
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You're welcome!

You're welcome!