Why? Why do they still seek attention when they were the one who ended it with silent treatment?

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#1 Jan 12 - 10AM
JRB123
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Why? Why do they still seek attention when they were the one who ended it with silent treatment?

Tha narc I was involved with in 2010 was an online emotional relationship. Luckily nothing else. However for some reason I got quite deeply involved. I have had to look deep within myself and have done alot of soul searching to get over this. He ended the relationship by giving me the silent treatment for no apparent reason. Prior to the silent treatment he had devalued me. 2011 was all about trying to get over this and moving forwards with my life and I have been NC with him. However his child and my children go to the same school and we live in a small town so sadly I have to see him. I have coped with this by basically keeping well out of his way but if I come face to face with him I will say a civil 'hello' or respond to any small talk with a yes or no and move out of his way as soon as I can. I unfriended him on FB and feel like I have generally got over him. I have seen his true unpleasant character and the more I have learnt about him the signs of narcissism are glaringly obvious!!! I have visited this site almost daily but funnily enough this week I haven't - maybe a sign I'm moving. However he does things to ensure he gets my attention. He comments all over friends facebook statuses, he parks outside my house at school pick up time and manouvres himself to be in my line of vision or walk near me. Today I had an experience this morning dropping the kids off at school where he seemed to manouvre himself to walk directly in front of me. I waited behind to be one of the last to leave and he waited by talking to the teacher,as soon as I headed off he did, I crossed the road - he crosssed the road. He turned and said hello and I said hi back and looked away. However he didn't talk to me but made sure all the way to his car that he was directly in front of me. Why why why? It just sets it all off again for me. This is not the first time he has done this either. He has done this loads, almost like he wants to talk to me but doesn't, or he waits in his car and watches until I am in my house. Or if I'm chatting to another parent in the street he will wait in his car and only go when I do. Of course he does all this discretly to not look obvious. Would he do this to intimidate me? Is it because he wants my attention? Does he want me to talk to him? I wish I didn't have to see him. By the way he's a cop and I think he's got a hero complex and most of the other parents think he's great!!! If only they knew!!

Jan 12 - 2PM
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Thanks

Thanks for the replies to help me make sense of it all. It's been a very odd experience. I get the feeling he just wants to be adored by everyone! He actually appears to have tons of supply, but must have a never ending thirst for it. I was abit obsessed with checking his facebook at one point and he has about 200 gorgeous women on it, some are lingerie models! Just so glad to be out of it all really and will keep trying to avoid him as best I can. He strategically places himself at the entrance of the playground so every single person has to walk by him!! What a creep! I usually walk past looking the other way! Just can't believe the nerve of him to treat me like a piece of garbage and then almost follow me and park his car outside my house regularly. If I had done what he's done to another person I would be so apologetic, mortified and would keep a low profile. He just acts like he's the bees knees and comes right up as if he expects me to start talking to him! If I did he would only go on about himself anyway and his great acheivements!! With him - it really is all about him!!! He won't be getting any supply from me ever again! So annoying I have to see him. I only have bad days on the days I see him. If I didn't have to I would've forgotten about him by now. At least I don't feel sad/ heartbroken about it anymore, now I find him more annoying and irritating! Thanks for the support and listening to me ranting!
Jan 12 - 12PM
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JRB123

He ended it with the silent treatment, until he decides he wants to talk again, so when he talked again ,you answered him, so he thinks OH SHE IS STILL AVAILABLE... PLEASE DONT TALK TO THIS LOWLIFE SCUM AGAIN..... HE DROPPED YOU WITHOUT HESITATION... NOW DO THE SAME TO HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 12 - 11AM
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Hi, it sounds to me like he

Hi, it sounds to me like he is stalking you which apparently is quite common with narcs. My advice would be to not say hello to him at all - as long as he thinks he still affects your life i.e. you saying hello to him is enough for him to think that, he will try and tap you for supply by looking for your attention. I had a small run in with a narc guy over summer, long story short, was out on the town one night with a few girlfriends and we met narc and two of his buddies. Narc went on a date with one of us (my friend's friend). Two weeks later, I bumped into him and he asked me out on a night out. He was a plonker that night, he arranged to meet me a couple of nights later and blew me off. I called him on it and he told me I was "moody, no time for moody girls, deleted". what a tosser! Prior to going out on the night out with him, I questioned him was he still interested in the other girl and he was adamant he wasn't. Long story short, he was sporadically contacting her via text for months after meeting and rang her phone and he parked outside her house one night and texted her to say he was outside her house! Stalker alert! the guy was a total nutjob. You must practice blanking him like you don't actually see him.
Jan 12 - 10AM
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Supply

Without reading through and answering the question you posted in your subject line: supply. Everything they do is to secure supply. xoxox *hugs*