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To hate conversational narcissists

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mrskevinclifton · 06/01/2018 12:46

Spent new year with the most narcissistic couple (dp’s relatives) of which the male partner literally never shut up about himself and his stories - one after the other.

Where is the switch inside his head, that exists inside mine, which says ‘I have been talking too long, let me hear from the other person, let me hear their stories/find out about them, ask questions.

It did not help that he looked visibly bored if anyone dare interject. After a few times trying everyone had given up so it was literally a front row seat ticket to this one way twat show for three days.

How would you handle this type of person???

OP posts:
Lotsofplanetshaveanorth · 06/01/2018 15:45

:( I do this too. It is absolutely not my intention to be a twat but I do somehow get it wrong so often. More often socially than professionally. Perversely professionally I am quite forgettable. I end up with horrible post drinking anxiety about how obnoxious I have been.

I notice the tips above and from reading around the topic, I just seem to be a bit of a social spanner

LambChopsMcGee · 06/01/2018 19:22

I have a friend like this. I didn't really notice till I moved away and came back to visit. I guess when I saw her every day and we were doing the same things it didn't make a lot of difference, and I know the people she was talking about.
Visiting my home town after nearly four years away, having lived in two different cities including London, and bringing my new DP back with me, we met for coffee, she brought a friend of never met (that's fine) didn't introduce us properly and talked about herself the entire time. Literally asked me when I had landed and when I would be leaving, and used my answers to segue into talking about her upcoming trip to another nearby city.
I left the restaurant and cried. I'd thought she was one of my best and oldest friends but I had to.rethink what our relationship had ever been

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