Narcissists want in a relationship

They think they want to be loved. But no matter what you do or how much you love them through kindness patience and understanding, it’s never enough. All the love and adulation cannot satisfy them cause they are an empty shell of a human being. Ultimately even they don’t know what they want in a relationship and how to be in one, as they feel nothing for anyone but themselves. Even the pseudo empathy they try to feel for people around them is always related to their projections and needs. These people have no idea how to relate to themselves, so how will they relate to anybody?

Like others have mentioned, and it’s textbook accurate when they say - narcissists need a relationship as a game, someone to use as a punching bag, someone to offload their rage and anger, someone to make them feel good when they want attention. Even with all this, they get bored and create drama and will keep a stand by relationship to create a triangulation, whether real or imaginary.
A relationship for them is a playground to act out their fantasies, a means to an end, nothing more nothing less.

 -Mayura Kutappa