I'm not a defensive person by nature. Again, I don't know why that is lol.

These days I would say that being called a narcissist is probably the worst psychiatric insult you can get. The witch hunting surrounding NPD in the last oh, 15 years or so is just, astounding... All of a sudden everyone that's ever been mean to someone is a narcissist, that's what it looks like anyways.

In other words, just from that alone I can't say I blame you for feeling insulted to be labeled like that. Personally you don't strike me as all that narcissistic.

Your dad sounds pretty typical as far as narcissists go, he and my father would get on well.

Also, I find it darkly funny that you recovery people call after effects of growing up with NPD parents or whatever "fleas". I find it morbidly amusing because I got a physical illness from a flea bite years and years ago that damn near killed me so hearing the word "fleas" flying around all over these discussions just cracks me up.