Deb,
Those poor kids. I think language like that is brutalizing, even though it's everywhere. But little kids know, still at some deep level, how magical and powerful and elemental language is. When they could hear affection, humor, poetry, heroism...they hear this mother?
(I'm not for censorship, btw. I even think the f-word is an excellent word. Great power and pungency. For that reason, I think it's best said about once a year or two. Preferably when very heavy object has been dropped on toe.)
CB,
That recording story is soooo revealing. Wow. It's as though the N's inner monologue is so loud they can't even hear themselves lie. Gosh. Thanks for sharing that anecdote. It was as though he didn't even remember something he'd said just a few minutes before, and was amazed that other people would actually expect him to be accountable for it.
In a weird way that story gives me a new insight on how horribly chaotic it must be inside the mind of a narcissist.
Hops
