It of course occurred to me that a beautiful and smart lady, a female version of Zim the Amazing, would surely do the same things he does, i.e., hang out at bars and flirt with the handsome gentlemen, all while being married to ZTA, who enjoys an occasional good crack on the ass himself.
Precisely my dream of a terrific life. Yours, too, no doubt.
Folks like ZTA are unfortunately impervious to all the wonderfully crafted sarcasm and irony we throw their way because their pathological narcissism is a great defensive, but ultimately malignant, cloak. Lies, exaggeration, arrogance, etc., are their psychological armament. They must use these weapons for it is all they know. You can expect a veritable torrent of this from ZTA along with lots and lots of stories of his incredible exploits. The truly deranged narcissists even end up embracing magical thinking.
One must have pity for these folks for they have little self understanding. Unfortunately, they are such jerks that I delight in taking them apart.
I had to study up on narcissists in a very interesting law case I had a few years ago, so am no stranger to this kind of creature.
I doubt that ZTA will be with us very long. There will be no positive reinforcement of his grandiose vision of himself - not from this bunch! - so he will slink away after making sure everyone knows exactly how wonderful and smart and rich and handsome and happy he is and how crummy and prosaic our sad lives are.
He's prototypical, not particularly interesting. |
