FireSprite, if he could contain his narcissism to only when being with her, I wonder, does that mean he is not truly narcissistic? Seems he couldn't control it, if he was. Maybe it's not off-topic either, if it applies to Liz.
Your friend's husband sure was a controlling manipulative emotional abuser though, regardless.
Ok, I have calmed down that this isn't an all-encompassing forever comdemnation for him rendered by mere mortals! That thought really had me fearful that we would consider ourselves capable of being each other's higher power...or knowledgable and enlightened enough to condemn, which I think we are neither.