Comments on: Trouble in Paradise: Why Narcissists Ruin Vacations

By: Vesta

Vesta — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:06:07 +0000

Omg, I don’t think people who are in their clear mind would ever agree to travel with something like this. Normally, when you know they are narcs, you run for the hills. I did travel with one (not knowing she was one), that was trip into hell (2nd version), I got abandoned, scammed for money and abused tremendously. Came back with broken heart and PTSD.

By: Dennis L Stevens

Dennis L Stevens — Thu, 11 May 2023 14:04:17 +0000

I knew it! I have wondered why, after 12+ years, that ‘we’ could never have a happy, fun vacation together. It never happened, but I have discovered that living with a narcissist is very difficult.

She was a very pretty, tall lady with class but she HAD to be in control at all times.

Sadly, I just lost her to cancer a few months ago. I loved her more than I’ve ever loved any woman…..but, at least, I am now discovering why we could never live in peace. I realize now that narcissism is an insecurity issue on steroids.

Dennis

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 05:54:21 +0000

Just returned from a vacation to Puerto Vallerta last weekend. Went with my first cousin, and it was our only time vacationing together in 60+ years. What a shock to discover she turned out to be a covert, passive aggressive narcissist of epic proportions. I got miffed after she conned me into climbing about 100 feet straight up a rocky, uneven path to see a dried up waterfall. I have some neuropathy in my right leg and foot, and I told her the climb would be too risky for me. She pretended not to hear me and sprinted up the hill and out of my line of sight. I slipped and fell three times on the way down. She pretended not to notice how bloody, swollen and ripped up my knee was. Back at the hotel she asked if I planned to sleep the rest of the day. I told her “just until the bleeding stops, but until then, maybe we should discuss what had happened, before it festers into irreparable rage on my part. ” She made a sour face and said she “hated to talk about icky stuff like my leg. She said I should just drop it.” Then when she saw how angry I was getting, she got all pissy and stormed out of the hotel until the wee hours. As a grand finale, on departure day she woke me up late (I was conked out on pain meds) and in the 2o minutes I had to pack, I lost a pair of RX glasses, my cell phone screen had mysteriously shattered the night before and my new camera was goofed up. She also “forgot to save me coffee” from room service that she had ordered two hours earlier.

Long story short, as long as I have an ass, she will always have a place to kiss. As for the hairline fracture I got during one of the falls I took, she can kiss that, too. :/

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 21 May 2021 19:37:03 +0000

Wow, this article resonated with me SO much! Vacations with my ex NPD husband were torture! I wish I knew then what I know now but am so glad I’m no contact with him. He leaves a swaft of destruction where ever he goes! Thanks for writing about this!

By: lisa williams

lisa williams — Thu, 20 May 2021 20:07:21 +0000

who would want to travel with one of these horrendous people not me for certain