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“Your mom might have intellectual awareness that your dad is a narcissist, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it erases what her heart wants, her hopes for the relationship, or the practical, financial or legal realities of a divorce,” she said.
Not to mention ― as you’re probably well aware from personal experience with your father ― narcissists are masters at manipulation.
As Maher explained, “they make people doubt their own realities and have an uncanny ability to manipulate others right at the moment when others try to set boundaries, ask for change or make a decision to leave.”