Should you ever apologize to a narcissist?

You can. But you may as well be trying to teach a monkey Mandarin for all the goid it does. The apology is never enough. You have to pay for whatever percieved slight until they decide they're over it.

It's part of how they use you as their supply.

I apologize when I'm wrong

But if they try to start having that feed their ego and feed some victim complex, you can disempower them by giving them the coldest shoulder and not responding with any more remorse or attention. Anything after that doesn't deserve attention and a narcissist's GREATEST request is that you ALWAYS have your attention on their presence. Disempower that. You're important. They're not

Accept that. Do you. And do NOT let them say a word without having to explain it thoroughly. (Considering them a complete narcissist according to ya 😅)

Remove yourself and go to fun people

Honestly, if they are a narcissist, I'd do everything I could to not speak with them again, unless I had to.

In this event, if you have to apologize, make it about how you failed to live up to your own expectations and minimize any focus upon the narcissist.

It may seem cold, but the last thing you should do is make them a central focus for anything.

If you were genuinely in the wrong and not just from their imagination, yes. If you’re doing it to make peace , there’s no such thing with them.

You can’t, they don’t have the same feelings. Apologizing to them is like reading the dictionary to a dog

There are circumstances and there are principals both to consider. You don't give into either lightly.

Without principles though you're no better than the narcissist themselves.

Yet you don't want to be the boxing bag of any narcissistic ploys.

Best to remove yourself from the situation all together. If possible.

It doesn't matter who they are, it only matters what I did.

If I'm wrong, I'll apologize without any further thoughts.

Never apologize to a narcissist unless it’s really your fault for something. If a narcissist wronged you, never apologize or they will continue to do whatever they did.

I’d say no, they’re non communicative anyway so whether you apologize or not is irrelevant. Your best bet is to avoid the narcissist.

It encourages them and "proves" that they are right, and yet sometimes it's the only way to get them to shut up.

Apologizing to a narcissist is as effective as ripping a phone book in half... When you're a 30 pound weakling.

I don't think so, it's sort of playing into their evil plan and they will ultimately use it against you.

Your caution is understandable, if possible don't associate with him/her anymore.

why bother they are never in the wrong

You should, but you shouldn’t provide any company after that.

No! It just feeds their ego

Yes, and tbh i ended the friendship because it not worth it

If they were abusive, no. 🙂

Hmm Idk. Maybe. It would be based on your own integrity and not necessarily FOR them.

First they would have to be clinically diagnosed as having NPD and not just someone that some ex or other labeled them as.

Uhm no

Of course, if it's owed or due to you're mistake or transgressions.

Nope

Yeah if you mean it,

To make them underestimate you, sure.

[quote]Should you ever apologize to a narcissist?[/quote]For labeling them; yes, certainly.

If you do them any wrong, why not?

Nope..! Forgive...yes 👍🏼

Sure, if I wrong them.

Only if it’s a situation where you’d apologize to anyone else. Even so, don’t expect to ever hear the end of it. 😳

No. No contact would be the best idea.

No. They already think they are the greatest. You could never apologize enough to make them think anymore highly of themselves. And nothing outside themselves could even bring them down because they don't value anyone other than themselves.

If I am wrong I apologize but a Narc will never forget

Never