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Why am I always wrong?

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Dontbelievethenarcissist · 05/08/2022 12:30

I get that I'm always gonna be wrong when arguing with a narcissist but why do my parents and his parents still support him?

Am I supposed to just do what he says blindly?

I'm questioning myself although I saw a video by someone who talks about narcissism who said that others will always believe the narc.

Labels aside my DH will have tantrums over nothing, refuse to listen to me, and then I'm still supposed to comply with what suits them.

We share a car (as he decided it years ago and refuses to buy one) and there was no arrangement for him to take the car today as we're both supposed to be working but I'm also dealing with a poorly child so can't really work. He told me this morning he'd take the baby for the morning so that I could work and I'm return he could have the car this afternoon . The thing is he only had the baby for about 15 mins then brought him back so I couldn't work. I didn't refuse to take the baby as he needed me but I also haven't managed
to get up, get dressed etc as I'm looking after the baby.

DH was being snarky with even though I had done nothing wrong, complaining about a mark on the carpet that I still haven't cleaned but he's been going on about it and mentioned it twice just this morning. I cleaned it while cleaning the baby's vomit off the floor and walls and he was saying he's going to work now (this was about 11 am) so I questioned when I was going to get any work done as I did have a 20 min job I need to do.

i can't even tell you how it escalated but it did. He said he hadn't done any work either. I pointed out he was going to work this afternoon while I would be looking after the baby. I work full time and don't have the day off. Anyway I said I said he could take the car on the basis he was gonna have the baby all morning but he hasn't done that and I have t been able to do the things I need to do (mainly go to the pharmacy). He shouted at me, put the baby down on the bed and threw the cloth i had used to clean the floor (not at me) and stormed out. He told me he's taking the car whether I like it or not. It is my car so I wasn't really happy with this. I said we could probably agree something if he'd just stop shouting at me and talking over me but he couldn't stop and called me all sorts of names.

I called my mum to update her on the baby being unwell and he walked in demanding to talk to my dad so that he could talk some sense into me. My mum told me to just let him take the car as he needs to get to work but my issue is that I never wanted to share a car but he refuses to discuss it with me (shouts or says "ok fine" but then demands it when he needs it) and that we probably could have come to some agreement today if he'd just not blown his top. If I say anything to respond to what he's saying or counter it he shouts over me and I can't stand it.

He's gone as my dad had given him a lift but I just feel like they don't see that the problem isn't the car it's the fact that he blows his top over nothing.

Last time he started taking air out of the tyres as I said he couldn't take the car and my dad just told me to let him take the car (to which I said no as I feel like a doormat) and then came over to give him a lift.

I don't really know what to do as at the time I just want to discuss it but there is no reasoning with him and then it escalates and I feel like I can't back down.

Even when he was calm I said do you see why I don't feel like I should change my plans so you can take the car and he repeatedly told me he doesn't give a shit about how I feel and is leaving me today but he often says stuff like that and doesn't go. I kind of wish he would.

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Shoxfordian · 05/08/2022 12:34

It sounds like you should divorce him

Velvetbee · 05/08/2022 12:37

Leave him. This is terrible example for your child. Gather all your resources, people here will help, and make plans to leave.

Watchkeys · 05/08/2022 12:41

You are always wrong because you obsess over the minutiae.

Look at the big picture: You don't like the way he treats you.

Am I supposed to just do what he says blindly

You're an adult. You decide for yourself what you're supposed to do, according to your own life experience and your own boundaries. Anybody who doesn't respect that doesn't respect you.

Your parents have crossed your boundaries all your life, and now you've found a partner who does the same. Back away from them all, and find people who don't cross your boundaries.

Watchkeys · 05/08/2022 12:43

it escalates and I feel like I can't back down

Because you need to be right. Choose people who have similar opinions to you on what's right and what's wrong. Don't choose people who disagree with you, and try to change their minds.

BlindGirlMcSqueaky · 05/08/2022 12:52

Incredibly frustrating experience and the only possible way to win is to not take part. This is unsalvageable.

You definitely need to leave this person or start getting used to that idea in your mind so you are able to leave.

This person will ruin your life. No one can live with this going on and be happy.

Contact women's aid - this will take some persistence but keep trying. They can take you through all the practicalities and strategies. They'll also reassure you that this behaviour isn't right.

Best of luck x

FullBush · 05/08/2022 12:57

You need to leave him, it’s not going to change. People like him DON’T change.

It sounds like you’ve found a partner who is just like your parents.

You’d be better off away from all of them.

Your child/ren are growing up thinking this is normal.

Dontbelievethenarcissist · 05/08/2022 13:16

I sometimes see parallels between how he is and how my mother was when I was younger. She would just shout or be verbally abusive when upset about something rather than just speak to me. I remember a similar angst over what I should do or say to make things better but nothing ever did and trying to reason with her just annoyed her as well. Obviously it's not so bad now I don't live with her but I haven't forgotten.

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