Good to see you're getting some insight. I don't know that my ex is technically a narcissist, but he sure seems to have a lot of the traits. It's definitely not easy to not end up exhibiting a lot of their behavior, at least towards that one person.
P.S. Does anyone else deal with this? The narcissist always seems to have an air of superiority, but when you call them on it they deny it. That one drives me absolutely up the wall.