Holy YEAH THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. AND HILARIOUS.

Narcissists, and other Controllers, tend to fancy themselves as the ADULTS, the GROWN UPS, the Ones In Charge, The Ones In The Know, The Ones Who Are Endowed With Natural Authority. It's just from their childhood fantasy of being accepted as one of the adults~ most children have this fantasy, but those who are fixated on dominating others and being accepted by adults tend to get stuck in this developmental stage and stay there, believing that they have some kind of innate, natural authority over other human beings, by virtue of something, anything, that they see as being a "badge" of authority (which they perceived in their youth). (Anything can be perceived as a "badge", such as height, ancestry, sex, looks, weight, job, skill, intellect, experience, material wealth, vocation, even vocal pitch and tone, or clothing. They might even use the slightest age difference as a "badge", or the kind of car they drive, or even the pets they have.)