2. “I’m sorry, I’m not available.
I already have plans or I have a date,” or worse, “I’ve met someone else.” What? They’re not the center of your universe. Very effective! Remember, they are very, and I mean very concerned with how others see and perceive them, especially the covert narcissist, but even the more overt and grandiose narcissist, right? Like they actually can be quite obsessive about how others see them.
They are also very easily offended. They are always on the lookout for anything that would offend them. And they are easily offended, easily slighted. It really doesn’t take very much. So when you insinuate or infer or outright communicate that they’re actually not being seen in the light that all their perception manipulation is intended to manipulate, like they run all these perception manipulation games so that they can be seen in a certain light.
And when you let them know one way or another that no one’s buying it. Whether that’s, you’re not buying it or nobody is buying it, either way, that’s more than enough to have a narcissist come completely unglued.
3. ” How much fun do you think you are?
How much fun do you think you are to be in a relationship with?” And silence, not another word. Now the truth is, they may come back with whatever, it doesn’t matter. If you deliver that, and silence, not another word no matter what they come back with, trust me, it lands.
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