I totally hear you! I was just talking to a friend tonite about how my family never, ever shut him down when he talked crap about me…why? A narcissist gets his ego stroked through YOU listening to them. If they just would have told him to shut up, it would have done wonders in my life. Of course, he would have hated them-and he already talked crap about them to me and so many of my friends…. It is pretty disgusting. People can be so cruel. Thanks for reading. I’m sorry it resonated!