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Those of us with- narcissistic parents- do you attract narcissist friends?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 550594" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Well, my Mom is not "officially" a narcissist, but she does tend to behave like one often enough, or did when she was younger, especially during my childhood years. </p><p></p><p>Actually, I've found that I have a lack of tolerance for the behavior........and that lack of tolerance has intensified as I've aged. Which is causing conflict with Katie. Because she tends to have some narcissistic behavior of her own due to being a very spoiled only child, and it truly peeves me off instantly. I have not seen where it is deliberate behavior, so I do try to have patience with it, though it's hard. She just can't seem to grasp that while she was the total focus for her bio mother (and still is), with me she is just the eldest of 4 children and I can't give her my undivided attention even if I wanted to do so. </p><p></p><p>Bff was a narcissists, probably the only one I ever friended that lasted any length of time, mostly because she had plenty of other outstanding qualities, until the drugs/alcohol took their toll. It did tend to drive me nuts, and there were times when I deliberately avoided her simply because I didn't want to listen to her garbage. And I never really played into the behavior either. I have to chuckle because she was sooooooooo narcissistic that she'd admit it whole heartedly 5 mins after meeting you. Now that's bad. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 550594, member: 84"] Well, my Mom is not "officially" a narcissist, but she does tend to behave like one often enough, or did when she was younger, especially during my childhood years. Actually, I've found that I have a lack of tolerance for the behavior........and that lack of tolerance has intensified as I've aged. Which is causing conflict with Katie. Because she tends to have some narcissistic behavior of her own due to being a very spoiled only child, and it truly peeves me off instantly. I have not seen where it is deliberate behavior, so I do try to have patience with it, though it's hard. She just can't seem to grasp that while she was the total focus for her bio mother (and still is), with me she is just the eldest of 4 children and I can't give her my undivided attention even if I wanted to do so. Bff was a narcissists, probably the only one I ever friended that lasted any length of time, mostly because she had plenty of other outstanding qualities, until the drugs/alcohol took their toll. It did tend to drive me nuts, and there were times when I deliberately avoided her simply because I didn't want to listen to her garbage. And I never really played into the behavior either. I have to chuckle because she was sooooooooo narcissistic that she'd admit it whole heartedly 5 mins after meeting you. Now that's bad. lol [/QUOTE]
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