Masters of Manipulation: How to Spot Narcissists, and How to Deal with Them
ari wrote: “it’s like holding orchids in your hand, while they are still alive, and in their habitat in the rain-forest. you can see colors shimmering off the spectrum, nearly.”
Cool imagery, my friend! It reminds me of my last date, last week. We were introduced by mutual friends, who I guess didn’t care about whether we had anything in common, reasoning that a single male and a single female was more than enough for a good match.
She looked fine, and she was socially adept, but like most people she was totally involved in her own non-sensical world. Now, I know from many years of observation (and personal projection) that most people think they’re the most interesting person in the world. My favorite activity in the world is exploring other peoples’ nonsensical views of the world, which reveals all of those “colors shimmering off the spectrum, nearly.”
The problem is that I find her world fascinating, but she has no interest in my world. She seems to like me (at least she tolerates my companionship without complaint), but it’s as if my world was completely boring, not worth the effort of exploring. I don’t think she even believes that I’m from a different world.
