By the end of the third full day of rain, we’d filled our Yahtzee pages and played enough Aggravation to understand how the game got its name.
We’d run through Oh, Hell and Cribbage, too. In a desperate move, I suggested Trivial Pursuit, even though I could clearly remember how the game was a yawn fest when I was a kid.
Jenny escaped to the garage to work on a project with grandpa.
Will, grandma and I dusted off the Trivial Pursuit box and pulled out the cards. It wouldn’t be long before we’d lose Will. We fumbled with questions like, “What team retired baseball player Stan Musial’s No. 6?” and “Who’s the barber in The Barber of Seville?”
It was Will’s turn.
I was about to suggest that he beat me at a game of Wii Golf.
Grandma asked the question.
“What’s the psychiatric term for self-love?”
Grandma said, “Pffft!” She looked at me and laughed.
I said, “No way!!”
Will looked at grandma and then at me.
For a split second, I wondered if he might not get the obvious. I think grandma wondered the same thing.
Will let out a laugh and said, “Duh, it’s narcissism.”
Out of 6000 questions, what are the chances that we’d get that particular question?
How many 13 year old boys would know that answer?
*In case you just have to know:
The St. Louis Cardinals retired Stan Musial’s No. 6.
and …
Figaro was the barber in The Barber of Seville.
*More from the YCMTSU (You Can’t Make This Stuff Up) File here and here.
Tags: child of narcissist, humor, narcissism
It is a little more than that! And what N wrote those questions? Lol!
I disagree. Self Love is self love. It is healthy to love and appreciate yourself. (Although I’m still working on getting there.)
Narcissism is in another ball park. We know they don’t love themselves. It just LOOKS that way.
Hence the irrelevance and ineptitude of most of the medical profession. They aren’t allowed to use common sense to diagnose or treat anything. They have a herd mentality and if anyone tries to challenge the established beliefs, they have a very rough time.
Medical sheeple. lol
Yeah! Donna’s here!
I should have looked to see when that game first came out. I remember when you couldn’t even say “self love” without people thinking the worst of you. And I’m sure that’s how they referred to narcissism back then.
You are right.
Self-love is healthy.
I SO love your view of things.