Relationships involve two people coming together as one. In healthy relationships, these two individuals can come together for one another and the relationship, but also maintain their own sense of independence and lives separate from their partner.
A narcissistic personality is often “balanced” by a codependent personality. As mentioned above, narcissists are typically men. These men often marry codependent women. (I discuss codependency here on my blog.) Narcissists expect their partners to…