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After spending five or more years together, spouses often find themselves in a situation where they see each other as a child’s mother or father, a helper, a friend, and the husband/wife has disappeared somewhere. When this happens, passion also fades. What usually happens is that all attention is diverted to raising children, earning money, practicality, etc.

It is common to believe that the roles of a father and a mother in raising a child are very different. The latter is necessarily caring, loving, comforting and helpful, while the father provides a sense of security, children experience many good emotions with him, and play. However, based on the insights of specialists and today’s practice, such thinking is not entirely correct.

Narcissism is a character type whose task is to maintain one’s own value through exclusivity, which is usually acquired at the expense of others, says couples psychologist Agnieszka Kašinska.

Narcissists follow different rules than the rest of us. They apply double standards, which means they expect special treatment from them, manifested in privileges and favors, says Julie L. Hall in her book “The Narcissist in Your Life.” Let’s discuss the behavior of narcissists, or rather, what they don’t do. Meanwhile, emotionally stable people do it all the time.