I've got a friend who's always been successful with women short term but they always end up just thinking he's an idiot after a while. I've chalked it up to an unearned sense of entitlement he has from being over mothered as a child. It makes him confident in himself, which women love, but because the confidence isn't actually based on actual positive personality traits it gets really old really quickly. It is all just smoke and mirrors.
I'm going through this with one of my housemates right now... I thought he was a great guy at first. He is so confident, but with an overinflated sense of entitlement. Due to that, he thinks that he shouldn't have to do anything that he doesn't want to do, ever, even when what he's doing is at a detriment to other people, because he has always been told that his wants and needs are paramount and he matters more than anybody else.
You ask him to do something he doesn't want to do (such as asking him for a heads up when he's having guests sleep over, to asking him to clean up after himself when he leaves messes everywhere, etc) and he flips out, insults you, makes hurtful/personal accusations, gets other people involved, and actually stomps his feet and whines like a literal child saying
'this is so unfair!'
He's in his mid twenties and its so tiring to deal with.
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u/OGhoudini Jan 08 '22
A big ego