My experience of being closely acquainted with a narcissist for fifty years, and how the end of my marriage revealed her true colors.  The pain I have been through, especially over the last four years, has revealed some really evil, bitter and jealous ways that people have.  It has shown that narcissism has no limits and the NARCS come in all genders, shapes, and sizes and there is no limit to the relation.  This story is to quell the lies that are being told about why I ended a fifty- year close relationship, because the stories I am getting are surely lies.  In addition, I pray that you realize that mental illness is real.  People who are miserable bring misery.  If you know this person, you know that there is simply a history of unhappiness and misery.  One thing we must do is break the cycle, because our children are definitely repeating the cycle.