“I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this thing with your dad, but I’m still glad I married him.”
Jenny looked out the car window and said, “It’d be cool if they made some sort of selective amnesia drug. You know, cuz then you could pick and choose what you wanna remember and then forget the dad parts.”
“But a lot of the dad parts have you and your brother in them, and I don’t wanna forget those.”
“Yeah, I know.” Jen turned to look at me, “Well, you know I don’t mean it like, ‘Yeah, we’re awesome, you wouldn’t wanna forget us.'”
I laughed and said, “I know what you meant, honey. You didn’t mean it like a narcissist.”
“Mom, what’s gonna happen when I go out in the real world and people don’t get me the way you do?”
“That’ll be your barometer, honey. Only hang with the people who get you.”
Tags: child of narcissist, communication, encouragement, kid wisdom, life, narcissism, Parenting
