Aug 31, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
If you're living with a narcissistic wife, you may feel like you're carrying the entire weight of your marriage while constantly walking on eggshells. You work. You provide. You take care of the…
Philip DugasHost
A few days ago, I posted an Instagram post and it hit a nerve that I did not expect.
Thousands have shared it and messages have flooded my DMs with men saying the same thing.
It's a man standing in his living room that he's holding his little boy in one arm.
The child is asleep on his shoulder, but strapped to this man hanging off his back, his arms, his chest are heavy bags, big, heavy sacks.
barely standing, and behind him on the couch, his narcissistic wife is relaxed with a glass of wine nearby, not carrying a single bag.
So let's talk about every one of those bags because if you are carrying them too you need to hear that you are not imagining the weight.
A few days ago, I posted an Instagram post and it hit a nerve that I did not expect.
Thousands have shared it and messages have flooded my DMs with men saying the same thing.
It's a man standing in his living room that he's holding his little boy in one arm.
The child is asleep on his shoulder, but strapped to this man hanging off his back, his arms, his chest are heavy bags, big, heavy sacks.
barely standing, and behind him on the couch, his narcissistic wife is relaxed with a glass of wine nearby, not carrying a single bag.
So let's talk about every one of those bags because if you are carrying them too you need to hear that you are not imagining the weight.
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