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Old 03-26-2017, 12:26 PM   #144
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
Your "good dad" analogy is horrible. A "good dad" is STABLE and COMFORTING.
That is not the point at all.

The point was, the common belief is that he is a narcissist, but narcissists of the variety he is suspected to be, do not have good, close relationships with their adult children.

From what I've heard in conversations of Celebrity Apprentice players, he does have a narcissist-level need to be liked. And his public actions certainly appear to be narcissistic. His children tell us that it is not so drop-dead simple. His particular variety of narcissism may be a little more complex.

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A "good dad" is STABLE and COMFORTING.
Some narcissists will give you exactly that. When narcissists are successful, it's because they project a believable self-confidence. It IS stable and comforting, as long as they are at a distance. They are in sales, for that reason.




this post has been delayed for a month, to allow the poisonous emotional atmosphere of the thread to clear before making the point
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