I am so tired and unhappy in my marriage. I’ve come to realize I’m married to a narcissist and he’s better than his whole narcissistic family. He loves me as much as he is capable but he is cold-hearted, selfish, racist and lacks empathy. I didn’t realize this when I married him but after 6 years of marriage, I see it all the time. I’m losing my mind and feel so lonely.

On top of that, I’m fairly certain his father hates me and his mother is a bigger narcissist who constantly tries to create distance between my and kids and me. As do my sister-in-laws. And yet my husband, whose first concern is the happiness of his family, will insist that we go every week, where I have to endure subtle slights constantly. Where I have to watch as they try to take my kids from me. It feels like death by a thousand cuts. Every little thing feels small but it’s like a constant attack. Like taking my infant from my arms without asking me and I’m mid-sentence talking to my baby. Like talking about me and my kids in another language all the time. Like making comments about how THEY make food from scratch or THEY are careful or that an AUNT is the same as a mom. Or that I don’t know how to feed my child. Or that

I want to protect my kids so badly from them. They spoil them and treat them with love and kindness but my kids learn to be selfish and mean from them. I don’t want my children becoming such toxic people.

And you may ask