There is no such thing as marriage when it comes to narcissistic relationships. Why? Well, what is marriage all about in the first place? It’s about mutual growth, respect, understanding, and rooting for each other. It’s about accepting the good and bad in your partner. But what have you gotten out of this marriage? Nothing. It’s the opposite. You’ve experienced a total lack of support, a complete absence of empathy, and understanding, with no compassion whatsoever. So, while you may be technically married to your narcissistic husband, in reality, you are a single married wife. Don’t believe me?
Sign number one: You feel extreme loneliness despite their physical presence in your life.
The narcissist’s emotional absence makes you feel like a widow. There is no warmth, intimacy, or connection whatsoever. Living with them feels like cohabitating with a roommate rather than a partner. You never feel understood, connected, touched, or embraced. They don’t nurture you or grow with you. It’s absolute selfishness. They only use you in whatever way they can to get whatever they want. You feel like a commodity, a piece of furniture, a toy, a trophy—anything but a wife or partner. They never come to you, sit next to you, or ask how you are doing. They never try to feel emotions with you or embrace your presence in their life. You feel isolated, even in the same family. Their life is purely animalistic: they come home from work, eat, sleep, and repeat. You crave joy and intimacy, but it rarely, if ever, happens. You keep pleasing them in hopes of being seen, but it never happens. This exhaustion eats you from the inside out.
Sign number two: Your marriage is dead.
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