Quite apart from the challenges of Distance Psychoanalysis, I think it's safe to say that WAS are narcissistic.
But then they'd have to be, wouldn't they?
My way of coping has been to say, "Sauce for the goose; sauce for the gander. It's time for me to be a bit narcissistic, too." (But I didn't come up with that on my own -- I owe @pollyanna for that one.)