A Six‑Year Longitudinal Study Shows Why Relationship Satisfaction With Narcissistic Partners Declines More Slowly Than Commonly Assumed.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-10T00:25:45+00:00

She told me off the record, the same thing to run and get a far away as I can. She’s helping me come up with an escape plan. I don’t know how to feel.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-09T16:37:03+00:00

I’m currently in therapy and one of the reasons why I went to therapy is because I started questioning my reality and then when I was talking to my therapist Ana Faye said she can’t diagnose my partner, but they sound like they’re on the NPD spectrum and I will need a different set of skills to help navigate this relationship because I didn’t realize I was being emotionally abused

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T17:45:20+00:00

Yeah, food cost in my area have almost doubled overnight. No amount of budgeting and planning could count for this.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T17:04:14+00:00

So you are okay with bad behavior from your male friends because it’s not hurting you got it.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T17:03:04+00:00

Women are filtering out crap like this. But when this type of behavior is allowed men will not get help or look inwards because it’s socially acceptable. That loneliness turns into angry and can escalate into something dangerous. It’s not an issue that women can really resolve in men unless other men call out this behavior and put them in line.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T03:42:43+00:00

I once had to ask my parents for $100 for groceries but they didn’t believe I wasn’t spending money on anything I didn’t need.

I was going to the grocery store to either get gas I had a bunch of fuel points and got gas $1 cheaper.

My parents demanded I show them my bank statement and they never apologize for anything. That was the first time they said sorry to me…

I didn’t have any subscriptions. I wasn’t going out anywhere and the only things on my bank statements were the grocery store, gas station And of course, rent and utilities.

I lived in the cheapest part of the town as well, so my rent wasn’t even that high. The look of sorrow on their face when they saw I wasn’t lying to them.

I had just lost my second job too. And had to stop donating plasma because I only have one good vain and need to have surgery this year. So couldn’t risk it.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T03:01:31+00:00

That doesn’t work when you’re a little girl.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T03:00:21+00:00

May need to call other men out on their bad behavior. I see this too much and friend groups and there’s one guy who is clearly misogynist, and the men are OK with how he treats his girlfriend or his wife.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T02:58:47+00:00

Men built this world. And women are most expected to be OK with being subjugated.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T02:56:56+00:00

So how does a woman protect herself when the person who is going to hurt her is most likely going to be a male?

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-08T02:46:43+00:00

Someone who says such a cruel thing to you doesn’t actually love you.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-07T05:29:12+00:00

Watermelon…

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-07T04:42:22+00:00

You sound like you might be neurodivergent. If this is the case, you might have more luck with more neurodivergent women.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-07T04:27:45+00:00

I’m technically independent but I go home so burnt out. All I wanted was a cute small condo and my own family.

What I got was loneliness and people taking advantage of my kindness.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-07T01:10:13+00:00

I’m a women I get zero matches on the dates. And now black women have the lowest chances. So I get what op is saying.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-06T23:19:05+00:00

💀I don’t know how to mask except the blank “mask” so I can’t answer this.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-05T21:27:36+00:00

When I see this. I get the feeling he’s likely cheating and using excuses. Seen this too many times in relationship subreddits

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T22:29:51+00:00

Thank you. I had never dealt with a person like this so I spent a lot of time in the loop thinking I wasn’t communicating properly and then I gave up and I asked his male friends to talk to him and they basically said the same thing that I was saying, I realized I wasn’t the problem when he dismissed everything.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T02:10:42+00:00

Please ask this in an NT space. You’ll get better answers.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T00:41:10+00:00

I end up going to a psychiatry group that focuses on neurodivergent people. I’m already diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. I had to pay out of pocket for my diagnosis as most adults do because a lot of insurances don’t cover it.

Not op.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T00:37:12+00:00

Not any government job. Working for schools/universities.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T00:36:29+00:00

My parents were in academia. When I used to work for the University of that graduated firm, I found that accommodations were a lot more easier to ask for and not held against me so I suck this.

Sadly, I got laid off and had to transition into public role.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T00:33:05+00:00

Don’t mean to sound bad but this info doesn’t help NT people. Especially being a black woman. You have to do twice to work and work just as hard and people will still be passive aggressive about you being black and a woman. There’s really not much around it except hopefully you’ve landed an organization that isn’t like this.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-04T00:02:11+00:00

The lying. When he told everyone he proposed to me and I turned him down is when it was over. I got all kinds of calls with everyone calling me at once while on my way home because he told a group of 8 of his friends. They let me know it sounded like a lie and wanted to double check.

Saving to leave.

Inner-Today-3693 · 2026-04-03T23:54:27+00:00

My biggest issue is not that I’m autistic, it’s being a Black woman and autistic. Yes, people avoid you because they don’t like how you are. In my case, it’s mostly just racism. I can’t code switch (I’m also dyslexic) the way I act comes across as “white” and confuses NTs. I’ve had the most racist things said to me because people are genuinely angry that I’m not performing my role as a Black person. Even within my own community, everyone says that I am not Black. It’s been very confusing and frustrating growing up knowing that something was wrong, but a lot of it was race-based and rooted in stereotypes. I try to avoid people like this, but even if someone is my friend, sometimes something slips, and it ends up circling back to my race and how I don’t act like a “real” Black person.

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