5 Unexpected Ways A Narcissist Ends A Relationship
Four, they don’t end it properly and leave you hanging. A narcissist hates firmly closing doors. They always want to keep you on a dusty shelf in the garage—just in case their new relationship completely fails and they need a backup plan.
They don’t end it properly. They purposely leave you hanging. Instead of cutting the cord, they say confusing things like, “I just need some space right now. I don’t know what I want.” Or, “Maybe one day we can try again.”
They dangle a tiny carrot of hope right in front of your face, so you don’t know whether you should faithfully wait for them, deeply grieve the loss, or try to move on with your life. You’re paralyzed in a terrifying waiting room.
Then the real torture begins. They completely disappear. And just when you start to heal, they come back. They send one highly emotional text message, and then disappear again. Or they suddenly contact you—exactly when you’re finally getting better and moving on.
They treat you like a yo-yo on a string. They keep the ending unclear enough that a part of your broken heart keeps desperately waiting for the conversation that will finally make everything make sense. But that conversation is never coming.
If a narcissist ever kept you trapped in this exact waiting room with false hope, drop the word “free” in the comments right now—because let’s bring an end to that waiting. It’s not worth it.
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