Re: Alec Baldwin

I lived with a narciscist who was extremely verbally abusive. Mr. Baldwin's message to his daughter does not sound like that to me. I just listened to it and he actually sounds reasonable. He reminds her that they had an agreed upon meeting for a phone call and that she has done this to him many times. He calls her a pig, which isn't very nice, but I've called my children names in anger, most parents have I would venture to guess. I think he is telling her about the boundaries of the relationship, she is to be there for the phone calls, he is trying to maintain a relationship with her. i don't think he even got especially angry during the call. When he says he is going to straighten her out I don't even see that as a physical threat.
Verbally abusive people and people with narcissitic personality disorder are very manipulative. this message did not sound manipulative to me. It sounded like a parent who was mad at their child and the parent told the reason for their anger. All the signs are not there, in my opinion. And yes there is something more self centered than calling your eleven year old daughter a pig, many, many things. Like Sems said a few posts ago, completley ignoring her and setting up a new family might qualify.
Also, you, Lifespromise, state that most people see things in black and white and not the shades of grey. Then you say you are either constructive or destructive. I think you are seeing black and white, and that AB's message is a shade of grey. I do not know Alec Baldwin or his wife or his child , this is just my opinion of the matter based on that phone message and what is written in the media about his custody battle. Tweet