Why narcissists keep secrets

I felt that I was welcomed into my ex-partner’s inner circle at the beginning of the relationship — he told me things he had never told another woman, he said. What he was really doing was cherry-picking the truth to manipulate me.

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In the love-bombing phase of any toxic relationship with a narcissist, you will be made to feel special.