They left you thinking that life with the next person would be perfect, but it will be a disaster—a total disaster. They believe this new person is everything they have ever wanted: someone who will worship them, adore them, never question them, and never challenge them. In their mind, this new relationship is their victory lap.
What they fail to understand is that they are bringing the same dysfunction into this new relationship that destroyed the last one. They have not changed, grown, or developed any self-awareness. The only thing that has changed is the person standing next to them. At first, everything will seem perfect. The narcissist will be in their idealization phase, showering their new partner with attention, making them feel special, and pulling out all the stops.
But that phase never lasts. The moment their new partner starts showing signs of individuality, setting boundaries, or expecting reciprocity, the narcissist’s resentment will start to build. It won’t be long before the emotional abuse begins—the gaslighting, the guilt-tripping, the silent treatments, the triangulation.
The same way it came for you, the new partner will go through the same cycle: confusion, self-doubt, and emotional exhaustion. They will begin to feel the same pain you felt—the same betrayal, the same slow erosion of self-worth. The narcissist will start blaming them for everything, accusing them of being too needy, too emotional, or too demanding. They will start looking for attention elsewhere, either through cheating or by lining up their next victim.
Just like you, they will be discarded. The cycle will repeat. Another relationship will crash and burn, leaving another person wondering what they did wrong. The narcissist won’t take accountability; they never do. Instead, they will tell themselves the same old story that they just picked the wrong person again. They will convince themselves that the real problem is that they haven’t found someone good enough yet.
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