When is only you and your friend in evening near the grill, then i don't know which sympathy i stole, i mean men truly open up very rarely and often in very small circle or even only to one person, so you have to show some compassion in these moments
Tell a related story is best choice because it shows that you really feel what that person is coming through since you've came through similar situation yourself
Many people claim to have NPD nowadays, as a person who grew up in NPD household i say these people who claim to be NPD haven't met REAL NPD persons yet, since NPD persons is akin to cold blooded psychopath that wants to control EVERYTHING and have EVERYONE sympathy on their side, even getting out of NPD household is insurmountable task for most people, so what I'm trying to say, these people who claim to be BPD or/and NPD are don't know what REAL NPD/BPD persons is behind the closed doors
When night munchies comes... You don't care about quality of ingredients, anyway it's just a slapstick sandwich and not a pizza, only "crime" they do is calling it pizza and pricing it as such, if it was marketed as cheap slapstick sandwiches on the go, i don't think anyone would have problems with that
When is only you and your friend in evening near the grill, then i don't know which sympathy i stole, i mean men truly open up very rarely and often in very small circle or even only to one person, so you have to show some compassion in these moments