Need opinions please....is she a narc??
Need opinions please....is she a narc??
I'm SO stuck....I feel like I can't move forward until I know if she is narcissistic or not. I don't trust my mind right now. I feel so to blame for how things went. If she is, I think I can understand what happened. If she isn't, I have a whole lot of work to do on myself! Sorry this is so long!
1.She has to be the center of attention and she will
dress, act and pull pranks to get it. If she couldn't get it in a positive way, she would sometimes run off and disappear to the point that people would worry about her.
2.She would exaggerate her abilities for example, priding herself on being able to ride a 4 wheeler better than all the guys. I have ridden with her and know this not to be true. She believes she has a special connection and ability to communicate with animals?? She's a pet owner is a special as I ever saw it.
3. She puts her initials on about everything she owns. She put her initials on a shirt she altered for me with fabric paint....and it isn't at all a piece of art. If she alters a shirt, purse, craft item....she says that she "Katie-ized" it, using her name to describe it how she altered it.
4. She wants to be constantly admired....mostly for her appearance, but also for achievements. She's said she likes a good "ego-boost" from other men. She is on Facebook constantly, her profile picture looks like a glamour shot. She posts everyday about how wonderful everything in her life is. She responds immediately to people who post on her own page, hardly ever posts on other people's walls unless of course it is about her. She overdresses for occasions, dresses provocatively and spends a lot of money on clothes for herself. she always has to have the best and most current things. She spends little money on clothing for her kids or on things for others. She was a poor gift giver.
5. She seemed envious of me....would buy and wear clothing I had, household items I had, copy things I'd do like beginning a running program. If I called her on any of it, she would say I watching her and and that she thinks I'm jealous of her.
6. It was always all about her. She never asked how I felt about anything. If I expressed my feelings, there was no empathy. Her situation was always worse or she had that happen once too. She would see me cry and not be at all bothered by it. She would say she wasn't emotional because she was strong or that she just felt numb. She was actually proud of not having to deal with emotions as much as other women.....thought her husband was lucky to have her and not the drama of other women.
7. If I ever had a problem with how she treated me, it was always my misunderstanding, or I was being too sensitive. I was wronged but came away feeling even worse. I've never apologized to anyone so much in my life. My words always came back to haunt me, turned on me or taken out of context.
8. She believes herself to be above others and makes many bad jokes and comments....specifically will target her neighbors, other races, her inlaws.
9. She often planned things with me, then backed out. Showed up late when we'd meet up. Would initiate chats online with me, then make me wait ridiculously long for her answers. My time didn't matter to her...even though I work full time and she works 2 half days a week.
10. She borrowed a large sum of money from me....agreed to pay me back by doing my hair (she's a hair stylist) She's done my hair twice and made me feel uncomfortable about it. In fact, I've given her so much financially, bought many things for her....she towards the end expected it and I was rarely thanked.
11. I've been treated to long silent treatments and cruel words when she doesn't like what I have to say. After that, she comes back to me like nothing happened and always wants to avoid issues and says we should just move forward. There's no discussing things with her....she shuts down.
12. I would say sweet things to her....I love you...I missed you so much. She mostly repsonded with "I know" or "ditto" or "me too."
At the end, I really feel she said we need to be just friends because I wasn't putting up with all her manipulation anymore. There was definately a honeymoon phase....I was the best thing and she claimed to love me, her life would be empty without me. And it has been a downward spiral of ups and downs since then. I feel like I've been devalued and haven't heard anything good from her in SO long.
She is married, constantly flirted with another man who was part of the gang of people that would hang out together. She would email him, chat with him online and be very physical with him at gatherings. His wife was bothered by it, but it didn't stop. So the wife stopped attending the gatherings (the guy attended anyway without his wife!) My N turned the whole group of friend's against his wife calling her a "crazy bitch"...literally renamed her that.
One of the worst things she ever did to me while we were together made me want to immediately throw up...
She knew I was already sensitive to that guy she would flirt with at gatherings. We were all camping one weekend and had had a couple drinks. She had been flirting with this guy and then she jumped on the back of a bike with him and they rode off. She comes back and shows me the grass stains on her back and tells me that he is "well hung"....I wanted to throw up. I immediately left. I asked her about it later, I was SO upset and hurt. She said nothing happened, they're just friends. I said I didn't believe her and she said all we did is kiss. She said you can choose to believe whatever you want and I can't change it. I asked would you even lead me to believe you got it on with him.....she said "I don't know, maybe to make you jealous." SO SICK!!!
Not sure if I qualify as having been Narced....but thank you so much for reading and giving your views.
I was thinking Histrionic all the way
Sometimes I thought I was histrionic...
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kauaigirl
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KG
Thank you Michele :)...I am