You see, a narcissist can’t stand being alone. They need someone. It doesn’t matter if they like the person or not; they just can’t stand the idea of being by themselves. So they settle. They settle for whoever’s around, whether it’s a partner they don’t even really want or someone who isn’t up to their standards. And here’s where it gets ugly: when they settle, they’re going to make that person’s life miserable. They’ll start torturing them, treating them like trash because deep down, they’re angry—angry that they’ve lost what they had when they were young and shiny. They’ve lost their pick of the crowd, and now they’re stuck with whoever’s left.
Let’s not sugarcoat this; it’s usually someone who’s vulnerable, someone with low self-worth, someone who’s afraid to be alone. Maybe that person is sticking around because the narcissist has money, or maybe they’ve been manipulated into thinking they deserve the abuse. But make no mistake, they’ll be putting up with a whole lot of pain because the narcissist is going to make sure of that.
But there’s a flip side to this too. If the narcissist has been involved with an empath over the years, something powerful happens as time moves on. In the beginning, the narcissist had the upper hand, didn’t they? They were in control, manipulating the empath, draining them dry. But as the years pass, that power starts to shift. The empath grows stronger, wiser. They begin to see through the narcissist’s games, and what happens then? The narcissist starts to lose their grip. They may even start depending on the empath, relying on them for care, for support, because the narcissist isn’t as independent as they once were. The narcissist becomes the one who needs help. They need someone to look after them, to take them to the doctor, to be there when they’re sick. The narcissist becomes dependent, and guess who’s left holding the bag? The empath.
Now, let’s get down to the final truth of it: the narcissist’s story doesn’t end well, not by a long shot. As they age, they lose what they once had—their looks, their supply, their power—and in place of all that, they’re left angry, bitter, resentful. They have to settle for whatever they can get and whoever’s left around them. They are in for a rough ride. The narcissist is going to make their life miserable because that anger, that frustration has to go somewhere.
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