[pricees]

As someone who has acted in a similar way, I would strike this up to mental health issues. He feels he has the power in the relationship and gets his jollies off playing the big shot and trying to tear you to pieces. If this is a foreign concept to you then you are probably emotionally stable and not consumed by self obsession and fear. Again, I have been this way in the passed, but have hopefully worked it out with professional help and happy pills :).

Normal people don’t act like this. They need help. But until they get help it’s best to avoid feeding the monster.

[fn-mote]

Absolutely. Came here to say this story immediately pings my “mental health problems” sense.

It doesn’t have to be read as an assertion of power - paranoia and related states will get you similar responses. (“The corpo is out to get you.”)