So again, it’s a lot of one-way conversations. It’s not balanced or reciprocal. You don’t get much airtime. They don’t ask anything about you unless they’re creating an opening for themselves or fishing for gossip. There is a general pattern of disinterest in what you have to say and whatever it is that you might want to talk about.
Number 7: Fake Empathy
They may appear attentive and understanding when you’re talking about something that aligns with their interests or their ego. But they will quickly lose interest or become dismissive and disinterested when the conversation turns to something unrelated to them.
They’ll zone out, ignore you, and may cut you off in the middle of your sentence with comments that are completely unrelated to what you’re saying, never going back to what you were talking about.
They will also act or talk about how empathetic they are, yet you will quickly figure out that they are not empathetic at all. They’re not able to put themselves in your shoes or anyone else’s.
Number 8: Antagonistic
Grandiose narcissists are antagonistic; they typically love to argue and get off on baiting your emotions. A covert narcissist, on the other hand, is more defensive and will often resort to attacking your character when you disagree with their perspectives.
They take offense over trivial things, and once offended, anything you say or do to calm the situation or clarify the misunderstanding only fires them up further. Anything you say or do will be twisted until they either start raging or completely shut down.
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