Peace During the Holidays With a Narcissist IS Possible!

When you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, you want to be super careful to protect your peace and set yourself up to have the best holidays you can have. Right?

You don’t want to let anyone steal the joy of the season.

The holiday season is generally a time of good cheer and good vibes, even in hard times. We create a warm home and we have warm feelings surrounding this time of year.

It’s important to recognize that there is a spirit of generosity that everyone tends to feel and routines tend to be more relaxed.

The narcissist knows this.

He sees this as an opportunity to push through boundaries and weasel his way into your plans to ruin whatever he can.

It’s an opportunity for him to make things about him and his needs, play the victim, and to press you to see if you’ll give an inch.

Then he will take a mile.

Case in point: The ex was supposed to — by court order — bring our daughter to my house at noon on Christmas Day. He called and said they were at his mom’s house and asked if he could have an extra hour. And in my spirit of generosity and my desire for my kid to enjoy Christmas, I said yes.