In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane hears from a reader who sees their siblings acting in the same way their narcissistic father once did.
Although she was able to make peace with her father in his final years, her siblings were not. Annie Lane weighs in on family strife in today's column
After my mother passed and as our father aged, I grew closer to him in spite of our family history. Basically, I felt sorry for him. He alienated himself from his other adult children due to real and perceived issues. During the last few years of his life, my husband and I visited him weekly and helped when we could. Although our visits were initially based on sorrow for his aloneness, we grew to enjoy his company and had a better understanding of him in his elderly years.
Well, our father died and everything hit the fan afterward! The whole narcissistic house of cards fell. It was like a huge shift among the siblings. The golden child was the executor and used my dad’s large estate to secure loyalty among the others. A narcissist sister drew extremely close to the golden child, and together they closed ranks. The “flying monkeys” simply went along with things.
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