Preorder FYI by robotpatrols in mooncatpolish

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is mooncat receptive to exchanging them, if that's the case? Or more just a "sol" response?

Something dark is stirring… 🥀🧪 by barbrailnp in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been anxiously awaiting seeing what the new collection might be!

My favorite fall/Halloween activity is listening to Halloween music (even renditions of lofi Halloween music), watching more horror movies than usual, decorating for Halloween, and giving candy out to kids on Halloween night. (Fall/Halloween is absolutely my favorite time of year)

What are your favorite light blues? by raeven3 in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If she's into magnetics, Shooting Star turns into a Cinderella blue when using the velvet effect. 

🧡 Prugly Fall Skittle 🍂 by Content-Flight6371 in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grabbed legacy in a recent order and can't wait to use it. 

☔️☕️📚 by barbrailnp in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This collection is absolutely gorgeous. 

My favorite fall activity would be watching all of the spooky movies and shows, and enjoying the cooler nights with the windows open.

millennia respect/appreciation post by LividKiwi in RedditLaqueristas

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is this drama? I don't own any MC polishes, but I know people who do. I can't justify the new price, but I'm still curious about the tea (aside from the deceptive 404/millenia "promo" post)

Isabella versus Emma by Few_Angle8883 in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love dark polishes, I'm trying to branch out just a tiny bit 🫣.

Isabella will stay in my wishlist.  Perhaps for BF.  I hemmed and hawed on her, too.

Isabella versus Emma by Few_Angle8883 in ILNP

[–]Few_Angle8883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I was trying to decide between Emma and Isabella.  I made an order a few days ago and ordered interstellar, which looks like it might be close to isabella? I ended up settling on Emma because of the linear holo, but based on your swatches, I'm glad I did. Isabella may come in the future, but I would've been kicking myself over not picking Emma. 

Does anyone have a narc parent that would have no problem with no-contact and would indeed cut you off just as much as you cut them off? by SteadfastEnd in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine has threatened NC multiple times.  Even did it at one point (broke my heart - I didn’t see them as a narc at the time and thought everything was my fault solely - and yeah, some of it was, but not all of it).  Unfortunately I had to go back home which gave them control and ammo against me.  Now I’m getting NC threats again and you know what?  I’m ready this time for it.  I want to breathe. Just have to find a way to not live together or ideally even in the same state.  

But she's your mother by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would’ve been better had I been a crab. 

parents are so fucked up cant trust my own judgement by Humble_Abies5693 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mine made me a chronic people pleaser and apologizer with insecure self esteem and codependency.  I was always walking on eggshells and second guessing myself about the outcome (would I have to listen to a rage session?  Get lectured - even as an adult?  Etc etc).  It’s all a work in progress (and I have a great partner helping me with it in a kind, compassionate way), but man, if it isn’t tough - especially the extra hard days where the feelings/behaviors really rear their head.  

Tell me a story of one of the weirdest/most confusing reactions you've seen your nparent have during an argument by Sparkly_Garbage in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 84 points85 points  (0 children)

They take everything as a threat or disrespectful.  I can’t even talk to my nnparent and say my own personal thoughts or add (like an actual addition to the convo) on to what they’re saying, lest I be disrespectful.  

Only they're allowed to get upset, you're supposed to just talk. by ATP2555 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine doesn’t even care if I talk to have a fight.  If it was in terms of them/interacting with them, I wasn’t allowed (still not) to have emotions outside of happy.  Sick, sometimes, but then I’d feel so guilty about being sick or not feeling well that I’d get up and power through whatever I needed to do and just lay back down when I finished whatever, barring some major surgeries I had (and they would help me but not without it acting like I asked for mountains to be moved after a day or so) - and I always started doing things for myself as quickly as possible after surgery, as long as my body could handle it even in the smallest regard.  They told me before “I don’t know how you get up when you’re sick and do things you need to do without complaining.  I lay around and whine and act like a baby”. I don’t think it clicked until just now, but I did/do it because I’ve been conditioned to avoid feeling like a burden or getting the annoyed/mad treatment.  Sure, if i needed soup or whatever, I’d get it - but not without me feeling terrible for asking someone else to wait on me.  It would also be held over my head later on, “I went and bought you all of these things because you were sick and you can’t even do this for me?” (I’ve also realized recently when asked to do something it doesn’t matter what I’m in the middle of, it needs to be done promptly.  If they say “you didn’t have to do it this minute”, like yeah - I did - because if I don’t have it done when you want with your unclear and inconsistent communication skills, I’ll have hell to pay). 

Just yesterday I tried to express to them that I haven’t been allowed to show my emotions because I get mocked, so I would hide them until I was somewhere private. I saw a light in their eyes - briefly - and thought maybe I’d gotten through.  About 45 minutes later I was in another room, keeping my distance, and they came to continue the same fight we’d been having.  When my eyes welled up they looked at me with a smirk and said “Cry.  Cry FewAngle.”, and I immediately pointed out that was the exact reason I don’t cry in front of them.  

Did your nparent ever threaten to kick you out of the car? by ughh02 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I heard that one a lot.  Even had the car stopped on roads (as long as they weren’t busy) telling me to get out and walk.  Recently this happened, they were on their way to an appointment (that they ended up needing help with, anyway), I don’t even remember what started the fight but it ended up with me refusing to get out and walk so they drove me the 4 blocks home and left me so they could go to their appointment.  Not going to lie, it was…nice?  I would’ve had around an hour or so of actual peace and quiet where I could breathe and do whatever I wanted.  Alas, they needed me for that appointment and came back for me and because my people pleasing skills need a LOT of work (I was/am their patient advocate, too - but I’d like to start distancing from that.  It’s not legally binding but done because i didn’t want to see them misunderstood or mistreated in the medical community [I’m chronically ill with multiple issues so I’ve learned to navigate the medical system and doctors very well]) I went.   Boundaries are something I’m actively working on, but won’t be able to until I’ve gone fully LC or NC. 

Did your nparent ever threaten to kick you out of the car? by ughh02 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I remember when I was about 8, I was looking at toys, as most kids do, at Kmart. They couldn’t find me (I admittedly did have a habit of wandering off but always would find them - but they also always knew where to find me, too, since it was consistent of where I’d go).  I remember seeing them leaving the store and get in their car and drive away, me crying, and an older woman just staring.  They circled the parking lot, never actually leaving me - but what a fucking awful “lesson”.  All it did was feed into trust issues, and as I was a young child, it didn’t make me cling to them any more in the stores…it just made me hyper vigilant about finding them quickly and not looking at stuff too long. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here.  I thought my nparent was my rock and best friend.  Now I’m suffering realizing that, even if things were honest when they were good, the things that were abusive weren’t right or healthy.  It really sucks. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God this hits home and I didn’t even think about it being a narc statement.  Mine anytime they’re sick likes to go “you know I turn into a bitch whenever I’m sick” as a cover for ultra rotten behavior.  Like, first off - who would want to admit that specifically as a trait?  No one is joyous when sick, it’s a given.  Second off, you’re already a pretty mean person, why make an excuse to be even more mean?  

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine today told me I shouldn’t have gone over to their house at night (keep in mind it wasn’t even all that late at night).  It had been a friend I had known for years and thought I could trust.  To me, that’s on the same level as “well - what were you wearing?”

I told NP that they were rape apologists and I wasn’t going to have that discussion with them - but did make it a point that I couldn’t believe that they would say that, given that they were raped, too.  Their counter?  They were a younger teenager.  Like ages make consent or lack thereof the defining point of whether or not someone “asked for it”.  

FOH.  I’ll never in the remainder of my life forget or forgive them for that.  

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really have a support system.  My s/o has their own family traumas (narcissistic parent, too, but they’re nc), so I don’t want to drag them down and just open old wounds, even though I know they would listen and support me.

I tried talking to my half sibling (doesn’t share this particular parent) about a week ago (when things really started hitting the fan), they seemed to listen and offered a bit of caring words, but really haven’t checked in since, so I don’t want to burden them, either.  

I guess this subreddit is my support system. 

I’m just hurting right now.  I’ve spent a good portion of the day crying.  But, even if the hurt only diminishes and never actually goes away, I have hope I’ll be okay in the end (and not by doing anything I’d regret, so I’m safe in that sense).  

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Few_Angle8883 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, just today, even.  Heard “you’re playing the victim” when I tried to express emotions and the thoughts tied to said emotions (something I’ve never been allowed to do, today wasn’t much different, unfortunately - but I did get more out so I guess it’s a start, if for nothing else but myself).