We tried a reconciliation but his constant abandonment kept occurring. We are divorced 2 yrs now. I didnt know until now he was one. What a f*cking head cases! When she remarried a year after her first failed marriage, she made sure everyone knew he was the ONE. He needed that status of me leaving him. Thank you this happen to me she got them a house and now they are married. If they cheat, you eventually find out and it destroys your confidence even more. Narcissists also feel a real sense that they arent good enough. We lived in his house (he refused to get a mutual home). You will have been working on yourself, exercising, getting stronger, doing all those things youd put off and seeing all those people you hadnt seen while you were with him. LIES LIES AND MORE LIES because he is the same man hes always been A CONTROLLER, MANIPULATOR, AN ACTOR, A DR. JECKYL AND MISTER HYDE. Once they have you, they will eventually drastically change. Try not to take it personally. no, never knew if I was coming or going, I gave all that I had, NOT ENOUGHT, when he was injured from a surgery I was there for him 24 seven wipe his ass clean up his everyday masses, took over everything around the house. Be very very careful. I asked her 2 days ago on the phone if she would help me with the demons i have had in my head for years and she said ok. Look for all God has done for you and be grateful. 2007-08: meets victim number 2, impregnates, attempts to buy a house, proposes, she aborts baby, calls it off. Her oldest sons gf was pregnant, so she wanted a kid then too. Im wondering sometimes if she was just using me as a plaything and wasnt necessarily a narcissist at all. But while he is still earning a decent salary, she wont actually leave him. There is no easy answer to this. One of the hardest things about recovering from divorce from a narcissist is the How did I not see this reality? Leave with kids in tow in June of 2012. Why would a narcissist do this. So the next time you walk into the office, put a smile on that face. He wasnt ready to cut me loose. Used to the roller coaster ride I thought I could handle it. She refuses to work (despite racking up tons of debt in his name to buy a huge house, new car, botox, a puppy, holidays, etc). Lied, cheats, loves attention and makes out to be one person but is completely another. So, they try to manipulate other people to avoid painful stimulus and construct a false facade around their personality. Healthy boundaries are crucial in all relationships, but especially in second marriages." Kurt Smith, a therapist who counsels men There is no rhyme or reason to their drastic swings. But she spends all of his money, refuses to work (no kids), lives in the gym, and asked several women in our office if we knew any guys with money that we could introduce her to. The silence is a strange and cruel behavior that is harder to forgive, not the silence towards me, but the silence toward my daughter. Hes much closer to her in age and looks than I am more of a trophy good catch. Two weeks later and I see photographs of her new man on facebook. I dont know if their marriage will last or not but I care not because its not me that he is treating bad anymore. I have proof that he was not faithful in our marriage. Finally, it does not matter what the NARC says about you to anyone, they will be found out of you do this: STAND IN YOUR OWN TRUTH WITH DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT, DO NOT LOWER YOURSELF TO THE NARCS DEPTHS OF HOPELESSNESS, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED FROM A TERRIBLE EXISTENCE, AND THE ROAD AHEAD IS NOW CLEAR FOR AN AMAZING LIFE THAT YOU WILL HAVE. I have notes from 2012 about him and what hes been doing. is compensated for referring traffic and business to these Although there would actually never be a marriage at all because a normal healthy stable awake person would see red flags in the early stages and would just end it instead of sticking around. I have used all my savings just trying to survive and am now collecting food stamps (thank God-I have plenty of things wrong with my health-aneurysms, emphysema, anemic and malnourished, C-PTSD; I have been going to counseling for 20 years now and other things-I live on SS and pension). Most worrying (to me anyway), is that she cant stand his son and complains about how annoying he is when he stays with them. The narcissists lability is so omnipresent and so dominant it could be said that the only stable trait they possess is their instability. They crush peoples lives and end up on top, again and again, and again. I was divorced from an alcoholic who later died of his disease. Because the narcissist is so consumed with themself, they have no room to be concerned about what someone else . He played his cards well. You will be better off in the long run. To him, there is no such thing as bad publicity. Its like rewatching a movie, knowing when the plot twists are, then watching the characters act them out a moment later. So fast forwarding to when we came to Canada. He told me they ALL cheated on him. NO CONTACT WHATSOEVER (If you have kids together, put a contact management plan in place) 6. they always do til its too late. Needless to say he was in a BIG Rush, I just thought because he loved me so much. Do you think if she really liked him/was in awe of him shed modify her behaviour to suit? They either leave or cheat. He is giving his current wife everything she wants right now, including a child and moving closer to her family and away from our children, because she is feeding his ego and obviously is easily manipulating her with his lies and half truths. They typically have little empathy for others, which can make it difficult for them to understand or . His career is his only place of stability. Let go of your financial input like the health insurance etc. Why does he have to portray to the family that he is the good guy and that I have done this bad thing to him by applying for divorce? Its like they seem to share the house, no family going on. The second method of retention, cost-inflicting behaviors, is far darker and intimidating and just as abusive as the gift-giving method. He got us so far into debt, I could not afford to divorce himfinally I just didI did not care, I moved out. Paid 1/3 her rent and offered her a car, but she didnt want or need my help and told everyone else I abandoned her and her kids high and dryI left her with almost 10k in her account. Anyhow 3 months ago she came to my office and told me she wants a divorce, she does not love me anymore, and we separated on May 3rd. Yet he gave them alllll too me. It is certainly possible to love a narcissist, support them through their troubles, and forgive them for their abuse. So I ask my husband about it who shrugs his shoulders and sais he has no idea what our son is talking about. Narcissists crave drama, positive feed back, and situations where they can dominate their partners. EXACT same scenario. But that is only the first stage of their abuse. And youll never get played again. I guess my question is, is this normal? All of these tactics can make them seem too good to be true. He owns his own business, Hobart and Kitchen Aid, and has two houses. Its less likely they cheated on you. Truly move on, dont wait for them to come back because if they do it will only be for self serving reasons. I learned about flying monkeys. I signed a pre-nupt. She changed, started making me feel i was not worthy of her, made me feel i was an asshole, called me stupid, things like that. Just bizarro! The week before I left she was trying to get me to have her tubes unties. Think Narc, think Medussa. I wonder how long they will last. This can contribute to trust issues surfacing later on in areas such as communication with an ex or activity on social media sites. But neither of us have ever made a move. I do not speak to him or even look at him although he still lives at home. They actually were in on it together waiting for her to close on her house so he could leave me and move in with her. So what i am looking for is a somewhat analysis of what other people think of this whole situation and what they feel was really going on. 1. The narcissists view of himself and of his world is correspondingly unstable. Being in a intimate relationships gives a narcissist many options that they might not have had otherwise. Why would a narcissist get married? With a normal healthy stable awake person there is no way the marriage can last long term. I do feel love for her but that something that Im missing that drives my behavior leaves me only guessing. I think she is also a NARC and they feed off of each other well, after the cruise and the Altercation she leaves and has not returned as of yet but comes on the weekends to be a wife and to let him spend time with their 7 month old daughter together. I was engaged to a NARC. And then the next day she just argues and calls me loser, stupid, etc. I later found out he had very recently remarried, so I backed off. He is now in contempt of court. Narcissists often rush into marriage and then a remarriage. Because being married makes it harder for you to leave them. Your life is to be lived with respect to where you have come from but with the greatest courage to love yourself enough to move forward (and find a support system of friends that will help you). Paid 1/3 her rent and offered her a car, but she didnt want or need my help and told everyone else I abandoned her and her kids high and dryI left her with almost 10k in her account. Anyways, now that the divorce is ongoing they are out in the open. It took him a month to get me to go out with him and he moved in with me shortly thereafter. To an extent such that they end up disregarding everyone else and focusing merely on their pleasures and needs. Aside from the surrealness, it hurts a lot. You would think that is because he was already dating her while he was living with me but actually nope this was a new woman. Later stage narcissistic abuse takes the form of . Took work overseas over being home with our kids partly to be with GF 2. My first marriage went along the path of codependent and narcissist. In case you were unsure of 4, 5 & 6, NO CONTACT WITH YOUR EXN. I was enthralled. I could go on and on about the mental abuse. 1 In a relationship, for example, this could manifest in physical or verbal abuse, manipulation, or passive-aggressive behavior. Empathy is necessary for sensitivity to others' feelings and compassion. 2011-2012: Living nightmare of verbal, emotional, financial and psychological abuse. "A lot of couples enter into second marriages before the first one is finished. By the time he had been divorced in our relationship it was about a year and the newness had worn off and he has cheated over and over. 2 Is there something in the narcissists mind about the new source that makes them more prone to such a drastic step? A woman who is pleasing in bed well, its not really as lasting as other qualities. I just told her congrats, and enjoy, and to let me know when her attorney had the divorce papers ready for me to sign. 6 hours later she called and I said what the heck, what, are u with another guy? When a narcissist rushes into a relationship and remarries quickly, you can be rest assured there is SOMETHING in it for them. ..and if I hope (secretly) that she burns him out too does that make me a narcissist instead of hoping that she gets better and they live happily ever after? But I was ready to cut HIM loose. They separated in July of 2015 and she moved back with her parents, she became pregnant again and terminated that one also. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition ( DSM-V) defines narcissism as a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. There's a major difference between two people enjoying pleasuring one-another, versus a sexual narcissist trying hard to give a virtuoso performance. It is not uncommon to find chaos and instability in the career narcissist. This went on for months and we never even kissed properly. He kept stringing me along crumbs of affection and fake futuring making me believe he wanted things to work.