Yeah, I hear you on that. And I know what you mean when you say you're left with a large sensation of emptiness.

I feel just.... well,I feel cheated of justice when I come across a narcissist... cheated of fairness and reciprocity that you normally would experience in a normal friendship that is give and take, you know? The narcissist drains a person.... and they anger a person, even to the point of enraging a person. They need to focus ALL the attention on themselves, and since I am a very giving type of person and an empath, well that's a recipe for disaster for me. I end up feeling very cheated of what a real friendship should involve.

And yes, I feel it's definitely better to have a lower number of high quality friends, true friends, than to have a high quantity of superficial friendships. I've always been that way, and as a result, I have just a few really close friends. But they are true friends who would be there for me for anything and vice versa. Quality counts!