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[quote=Anonymous]To echo PPs: CAN BE fun, charming, engaging, but incredibly ill-equipped to deal with any conflict and certainly can’t deal with the possibility of having been the cause for conflict.  Narcissists have incredibly weak egos and need to be fed and validated constantly, and need the focus to be on them at all times.

I can count on two hands the number of times my mother has ever asked about me, how things are going for me, how my job is going etc.  I am almost forty.

She talks incessantly and really doesn’t give AF about people around her.  It’s all about image.  There is zero emotional depth or awareness of others.

It was horrific to grow up with a narcissist mother and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.  I now recognize some behaviors of the “narcissistically injured” and work to mitigate those within myself.  I also unfortunately have kind of adopted this very judgmental, image-conscious worldview from her which I also work to mitigate.

Being a parent has been very hard because I am definitely not going to repeat the blueprint I grew up with so find myself learning as I go, which is not easy!  It’s also sad to have kids that outright do not like my mom (their grandmother) but I understand why. [/quote]

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