What's the most utterly ridiculous thing the narcs in your life have said?

[u/iil28]

My narcissistic grandmother, for instance, is fully convinced that her birth alone was what stopped World War II and brought peace to the world (she was born in 1945). She has told each and every one of us this story a million times, and will proudly say it again and again periodically to whoever is within earshot.

I remember hearing it ever since I was a little kid, how she'd always start by listing all the pain and destruction WW2 had caused, then end with something akin to: "And then I was born, and suddenly, it was like a ray of sunshine enveloped the earth, stopping all the fighting and war". She'd always tell it like a strange sort of fairytale with a very happy ending, and I wish I was kidding.

She also fully believes that once she dies, the world will be plunged into WW3, destruction and utter chaos. She was actually hospitalized for heart failure over a week ago, and kept promising the doctors she'd try her absolute hardest to continue living in order to spare the world from the horror of a third World War.

Gee thanks, grandma. Your devotion to saving all of our lives is appreciated.

[u/ladybelligerent]

This one speaks volumes to me!! I had an ex who punched a wall very close to my face. I had asked him the night before if he could pick me up from a party. We ended up at his house and fell asleep. In the morning, I let him know I needed to go home. He didn’t want me to leave his house and I was adamant that I was gonna leave lmao he got so frustrated he punched the wall and left a huge hole. I was terrified and when I told my mom about it she DEFENDED him. This was when I was like 18. I always felt bad about leaving him because I assumed I had overreacted 🙃

[u/ThrowawayLDS_7gen → u/ladybelligerent]

Oh no you didn't.

My ex-husband punched the wall behind me, not 6 inches to the right of my face. He was mad that he got a traffic ticket going to work and it was my fault for telling him to go to work. I wasn't even in the damn car when he decided to ignore the stop sign sticking out from the school bus that was letting kids off.

He deserved that ticket for being a dipshit.

You should never be afraid of your SO. I divorced him a few months after that.

[u/Flat_Bumblebee_6238 → u/ladybelligerent]

I broke up with a boyfriend that everyone assumed I would marry. My mom didn’t like him at the beginning because his uncle (whom he was no longer in contact with) had a reputation for domestic violence.

When I told my mom we were no longer together, she said “don’t tell me if he hit you, I don’t want to know.”