Originally Posted by
NYC_Chick 
Heather: I'm not sure if you see any other signs, but every alcoholic in my life is/was like this.
My father will ask 100 times the same exact question I've answered before at the start of every conversation, then do nothing but talk about himself for as long as the rest of the phone call lasts.
My xabf would call, say hi, then launch into how is day was and anything else relevant to him. To this day, I'm not even sure he knows the name of the firm I was working at and we were together the entire time I've worked here.
Just a thought...
Holy yes! I remember once, when my ex was on an "it's all about you" rant, I asked him to tell me what my thesis (completed a few months earlier) was about.
He had no idea.
(And trust me, this was something I mentioned A LOT as it was pretty stressful)