But that probably doesn’t make you feel any better. I think that you are over analyzing this. Everybody has their quirks. Exposing them in such a negative perspective reveals more about you than it does about them.

Instead of narcissistic, you could easily say that these people are community oriented. Perhaps having such an emotionally disengaged family causes you to view people’s sense of community as a need for approval. If only everyone else knew your own complaints… By only hinting that you are jealous, you may be deflecting people from really thinking you are.

Don’t over analyze it. Enjoy it. But the only way to enjoy it is to jump in head first. By holding back just to criticize, you aren’t enjoying yourself of them.