Comments on: Narcissists And Gambling https://narcissisms.com/narcissists-and-gambling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=narcissists-and-gambling A Blog About Narcissists And Narcissism! Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: JonRhodes https://narcissisms.com/narcissists-and-gambling/#comment-751 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:58:25 +0000 http://narcissisms.com/?p=2554#comment-751 In reply to Maureen Keeler.

Yes it is hard to understand narcissists thoughts and behaviours, because they’re so different. Most people who want money work hard and save hard. But narcissists believe they’re too good for this. Instead they often believe luck will favour them, because they’re special. Even when the odds are clearly stacked against them.

]]> By: Maureen Keeler https://narcissisms.com/narcissists-and-gambling/#comment-750 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:54:01 +0000 http://narcissisms.com/?p=2554#comment-750 Thank you, Jon, for this explanation. My ex grew up with a silver spoon. I grew up poor contributing to expenses beginning at 13 for food, school, clothes, car, insurance, college, and finally, independence. My ex knew I hated gambling so he did it on the sly and on lies when I questioned him. When the horrid truth and level of damage became apparent, I kicked him out. He was more a liability to the family’s (two children) stability than an asset. He was diagnosed bipolar afterward. His many abuses through twenty years of marriage nearly broke me. Gambling was the last straw. He was bankrupt when I met him, we went bankrupt again ten years later. I refused to go through bankruptcy again because of his negligence and insanity. It’s still hard for me to understand it all.

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