Masters of Manipulation: How to Spot Narcissists, and How to Deal with Them
ari,
” that meant going out with terrifying guys- older, military, world travellers”
Why exactly was that “terrifying”?
I confess, I was in my mid 40′s, “older, Military, World travelled” before I met my wife. Most/all the women I dated before her throughout my 30′s seemed strangely intimidated by me, no matter how “gentle” this gentleman tried to be.
I always felt like I was walking on eggshells, waiting for them to “bail” in a panic. Being Stood-up with no explanation after several seemingly “good dates” was commonplace. Was it a fear of real intimacy? They tended to be younger “college age” singles at the time, and this behavior tended to occur closer to the Holidays than in the summer.
Or was it a fear of ME, like I was some potentially violent suicidal vet they were accusomed to through the media. What are (were) they so afraid of?
My wife and I joke, she married me because I was the only guy she ever met that never apologised for “having a pair”, and I married her because she’s got “stones”
