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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, I think it's safe to say the previous respondents to OP are miserable women.  I'll ask the most basic of questions regarding this that no one has bothered to ask:

What, in your opinion, makes him a "narcissist"?

from dictionary.com:
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noun
1. a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
2. Psychoanalysis. a person who suffers from narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of his or her own physical or mental attributes.[/quote]
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It's not necessary to minimize others' experience dealing with an NPD spouse or discount women who share their insight as "miserable."  About 5% of the population is NPD, some statisticians put that % higher.  That's one out of 20, so I don't think its out of the ordinary that people who have gone through this reply.

The dictionary is not the standard here.  DSM V is the clinical manual to strictly compare characteristics, and it's very difficult to diagnose.  NPDs are highly manipulative.  These people often have a public persona and a private persona, so I wouldn't be so quick to discount a spouse's experience or insinuate it's not believable. It's a type of emotional abuse, and like physical abuse, it's very sneaky, done privately, and extremely soul crushing.  
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OP has never stated once why she feels DH is "narcissistic".  I have a hunch she doesn't really know what that word means.[/quote]

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