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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ex-DH.  It was a significant problem in our relationship.  He believes that he has a monopoly on reason and being right, really can't understand others' perspectives.  My needs were only legitimate to the extent he could directly relate.  If he deemed a request or need as something he didn't approve of, I was out of luck.  He has lots of emotions but difficulty processing them.  Emotionally he's a child only will never grow up.  The bottom line is that it's a lot like living with [b]a total narcissist[/b].  This became especially apparent after we had children.[/quote]

Could you explain the difference between Narcissist and Aspergers? I am genuinely curious - dealing with someone who I strongly believe has NPD but I also have found resources on Aspergers that indicate the same thing.[/quote]

I don't think it's like living with a narcissist, at least not with DH. He lacks empathy for sure. And he definitely likes things to be the way he likes them. But he's reasonable and his mannerisms aren't attention seeking. He's perfectly happy to be left alone as long as he has his own way. He also doesn't lie, and in my experience people with narcissistic tendencies lie a lot.

It's funny though. We were watching Big Bang Theory the other night and I was thinking how Sheldon-like he is. I can't remember what episode we watched, but whatever the situation was, Sheldon compromised or apologized or in some way admitted he was wrong. DH said he was disappointed in the writing of the show sometimes. I asked what he meant and he said there's no way he'd have given in as easily as Sheldon did and he couldn't believe they wrote him acting like such a pushover  :lol: [/quote]

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