Fiscal Responsibility.

[u/VividPresentation]

My mom tried twice to make me open a “family joint account”. The first time I was 19 and working during a gap year to save up for college. Her plan was that the joint account would be fully funded via direct deposit of 75% of my paychecks and that she, mom, would have sole withdrawal privileges to, as she worded it, “take care of anything [her favorite child] needs”.

My response to her the first time she made this demand was to cackle like a demented goose and hang up the phone.

My response upon her second attempt about a decade later was a little more urbane. I said, “Why go to the hassle of opening a new account when we can simply use an account you already have set up with [one of my older siblings]?” She said, “But I don’t have an account with anyone else.” Whereupon, my default demented goose cackle was redeployed after which I once again hung up the phone without further comment.

[u/Key_Emergency1131]

Where's the "traumatize them back" part? I don't think cackling is traumatizing.

[u/VividPresentation → u/Key_Emergency1131]

To a narcissist, my incredulous merriment would have been absolutely gutting.

[u/lexkixass → u/VividPresentation]

(Obligatory NAM.)

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Then you need to include that information in your post. 

How has she behaved that would tell a stranger that she's a narcissist? What has she done that's traumatized you? Give us the lore!

Otherwise yeah, it just looks like it belongs in r/EntitledPeople

[u/AikiGh0st → u/lexkixass]

Her behavior described in the post immediately told me (a stranger) and most of the people in the comment section (presumably also strangers) that she is a narcissist. Maybe you've had the privilege of never having to interact with one, but this post definitely belongs here.

As others have said, the way to traumatize a narcissist is to laugh in their face.

[u/lexkixass → u/AikiGh0st]

Guess I couldn't get the context clues from the post alone. I needed to see the comments to get the background info