[quote=eavesdropper] . . . Added to that is the fact that the children of the two women were born less than a week apart. Ms. Shriver’s feelings of betrayal in these circumstances cannot be overestimated. Anyone can make a mistake, as Mr. Schwarzenegger certainly did in engaging in an extramarital affair with a married member of his personal household staff. But to compound it to this degree, in my eyes, is not only incredibly arrogant on his part, but unthinkably cruel and heartless . . .[/quote]
A very astute observation, eavesdropper. As I stated earlier, In my non-expert opinion, Arnold showed several tell-tale signs of suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), even prior to the leak of his “love-child” revelation.
As you may be aware, there is no cure for this “affliction.” For successful long-term mental and emotional survival, repeated “victims” of a person so afflicted are encouraged in all the literature on the subject to cut off contact with the NPD or “N” and never look back (to maintain their own sense of self and self-image). Obviously, many “victims,” such as Maria here, have family with the “N.” In that case, communication with the “N” should get straight to the point having to do with the mutual family member only, to prevent getting “sucked back into” the (often charismatic) “N’s” web (preferably in writing).
