'Know any extroverts you can hang around with? Let them get the ball rolling and you jump in when you feel comfortable.  Find conversations of subjects you know a lot about -- when I find one, I...|||^ this.  Religion stifles the spirit. Takes away your freedom. Puts you in a box.  This summer I took a trip to Washington D.C. While in the area we visited Gettysburg (Civil War battleground). I...|||Our own Sela over a thousand posts! Congrats! :happy: :cool:  Didn't mean to make you :blushed: :tongue:|||You don't give a lot of detail. Are you sure in some way you aren't provoking this behavior? Are you doing something he doesn't like? We are big on rules. Don't break them.  ISTJ's aren't exactly...|||I love it! Lengthy, :tongue: but how perfect. :crazy: :laughing: Learn from the best -- an ISTJ that BTDT!|||It's him.  I want things a certain way, but I also realize I cannot control others. Young people should be guided for life on their own. NOT abused mentally OR physically. Has he been this way your...|||I believe that that is what niss wanted. Why he felt he could step away. He got us talking. Contributing as a community. There'll always be others that understand better. Contribute more. But we all...|||Perhaps the female ISTJ's can help you more. I'd say be direct. Have you told her how you feel?|||Excellent!  How not to go crazy when surrounded by incompetence.  How to deal with the inevitable depression we bring upon ourselves.  Social skills.|||I feel there's been a disturbance in the forcex85  Thanks Niss! I'm better for knowin' ya!|||The first paragraph sounds like me in any occasion I have to leave the house, outside of work or sports LOL!  I don't mind attending parties where I know a lot of people. If we all have a common...|||Lego, or any other building set of that era.  Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars.  Bicycle -- my parents only had to buy me one as a kid, the rest I garbage picked and put together myself.  I loved to...|||BINGO!    Me too?! :laughing:|||In my mind, I'm already gone! -- Cosmo Kramer|||WOW! You people are . . .   Just like me! :laughing:  The wife usually doesn't give me a hard time for purchasing anything -- she knows I've researched the hell out of it. My friends have even...|||I'll go with what niss and Sela said.|||I also detest interviews. I am really uncomfortable talking about myself. But, you need to work, so bite the bullet.  This shouldn't be too hard for you, it sounds like you've found it to be a step...|||She's an ENFJ. Like any relationship, both parties have to work at it.|||^This +1 :tongue: Heck, I just saw the title of this thread and started drinking!|||Good advise! I use tell my ENFJ wife that a lot.    I'm not sure if it's me understanding and following the randomness better, her doing it less, or just another compromise in our life together,...|||HELP! I feel an emotion surfacing! :shocked:|||1. stubborn,  2. perfectionist,  3. nice  NOT  1. outgoing,  2. spontaneous,  3. unintelligent|||Agreed.    Agree also. I've been a cat person all my life too. BTW, my wife and kids are talking about getting a dx85 dx85 dx85 dog :shocked::unsure: to replace our cat we had to put down. Any tips on...|||Sounds familiar. My wife gives me a hard time about always ordering the same thing from the local Chinese restaurant :crazy:|||http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/Cyclepsycho/MiddleAges.jpg|||You know niss, this was over five paragraphs :tongue::crazy:  The temperament pattern you rated highest: Stabilizer The temperament pattern you rated second: Theorist  And Chart-the-course  I...|||http://cinemafanatic.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/moonstruck_feodor_chaliapin.jpg  I'm so confused :confused:|||LONG LIVE THE INTERNET! (Shopping, that is!) :wink:|||Time together is the best gift. I'd buy something that involves spending time together. For example, I bought a high sensitivity GPS unit for my whole immediate family to spend the afternoon in the...|||Here's a place (From a Google search): Australian Catalogue: Home  I also have the same music, food, clothes, etc… phases.|||WOW, responses! I figured I just get a lot of thanks :laughing::tongue:  Good point Ryan! Oops, I meanx85    ^ This.|||An ISTJ coworker of mine, who is a member here also, and I were discussing these two posts:  #1 #2  I know both of us frequent this forum daily. We both felt we often agree with something already...|||I think I'll go ride my bike :happy::tongue:|||Yeah, we proved we could do thatx85 no need to do it again :wink::wink:  Now It's beginning to assemble the bucket list. :laughing:|||Actually, your both right. Metabolism does slow with age and people tend to do less as they age (but I wouldn't insinuate an ISTJ is lazy).  Spend more (Calories) than you take in. Simple.  BTW,...|||A lot easier to think and type, then thinking of what to say and getting behind in the conversation :crazy:|||Howdy hi there!  Love the new avatar Qadosh :laughing:|||Favoritism.  Seems every manager I've ever had is guilty of this. Worse yet, the favorites are usually incompetent at their job. But since they are in the social clique, things get buried and...|||Cool app Sela, thanks! Along the same lines, I visit this website daily:  Astronomy Picture of the Day  Exercise is an excellent depression fighter. My bike has been a savior. Unless, of course,...|||Miss? O.K. my immediate family. Others, I may say miss, but it's more of a wonder how they are. I'm horrible at picking up the phone and calling people (even answering the phone for that...|||Reminds me of the quote: Never argue with an idiot, they will knock you down to their level, then beat you with experience.    ^ Me this. I also have a tough time with confrontation because I...|||I was strictly amateur. I started late (32). When I was young I knew nothing about racing. You didn't hear anything about it then, like you do now (Thanks Greg, Lance!). The pros are just light-years...|||Grunge nerds LOL!|||I used to competitively race bicycles (still dabble in it now and then). I love the speed and athleticism involved. If you understand the sport, it's actually a rolling chess match. Each move...|||We had to put him down yesterday. :sad:  http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/Cyclepsycho/DSC00007.jpg|||Welcome! It's amazing how much you'll find out about yourself here -- enjoy!|||You doubt your an ISTJ when . . .  You've taken the MBTI test so many times, your IP address is now one of the questions :shocked::crazy:|||First off, as a printer by trade, thank you for at least looking at the manual :wink:  Like the others said, it really depends on the application.|||Me too! I'm kinda partial to them myself :proud:    Lucky me x85 my wife is an ENFJ :laughing:    Agreed. We have our moments like any relationship, but we are a good match.|||Careful! At any given moment we could be programed to surround you :tongue:'