52/100 masculine 53/100 feminine 55/100 androgynous  ISFJ female|||I think the embarrassment comes from the way some descriptions are worded.  I mean, when I first got into this pretty much everything I read said things like 'you're a doormat and people take...|||I don't hide it if people are interested but I don't advertise it either.  I mean, when people are genuinely interested it can be good for discussion, but overall people just don't seem to know...|||I like most things, but lately I've mostly been listening to old New Zealand music (eg, 2000-2005-ish time frame, bit of nostalgia there, I think) and my husband's new favourite, Abney Park.  There's...|||Haha, I was just going to post something very similar to this.  Work deadlines I will always always hit.  I may procrastinate a bit but I always make sure that whatever is due is done by the due...|||This is such a great post.  I agree with pretty much everything you've said.    This bit was really great, and I agree so much.  There is such a stigma to the term 'feminist' that is based only...|||I'm not religious either.  I guess I could be called Agnostic since I've investigated several religions and found something in a few of them.  None of them works for me, though, especially since they...|||I think the problem is that if these ISFJs are anything like me even just saying we don't want to do something in what you consider to be a wishy washy way is a strongly expressed 'no' to us.  If I...|||1. How do you all use Si day to day?  I just do :tongue: No, seriously, I don't have any idea how to answer this question.  It's just natural, it just happens.  maybe this relates to Si (let me...|||1. What do you think about gender roles? Do you prefer to stick to the role that is traditionally assigned to your gender and, if so, do you think others should do the same? I think gender roles are...|||Why do you think that? I'd think Fe, trying to make harmony in the world, would be easily swayed towards volunteering for the good of a group.    I'm with those who think most types could be...|||I'm not sure if it would ever get published because it's very much a 'slice of life' story, rather than something with a proper plot as such.  It's based on the woman and a few of her friends and...|||*shudder* Twilight isn't a good example of any genre!|||I suspect Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's Persuasion is an ISFJ.  Also try a book called The Total Tragedy of A Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne.  If she's not an ISFJ she's not too far from how I...|||Totally agree.  I set myself a challenge to write a book where the main character is an ISFJ with all our flaws but also our strengths.  I am about 1/4 of the way through.  It's an interesting...|||I'm ISFJ, have loved Doctor Who since I was a kid. I grew up with it, probably as repeats since I doubt I was old enough to remember Pertwee from the first time round, and I know I saw his episodes...|||I had a casual-ish outdoor wedding in the garden of an old house, then we went inside to a small-ish reception which was just a buffet so no big deal served meal for us.  I did have my dream dress,...|||Nope not at all in the generally understood 'I like traditional values and think society should never, ever change because liberal nonsense is bad' sense of the word.  In the 'do I like traditions of...|||Kanerou  I identify quite heavily with what you say.  I'm 99% sure I'm an ISFJ but many of the traits ascribed to ISFJs turn me cold.  Many of them are not what I consider desirable and in a lot of...|||In general I agree, but that mother repeatedly did something that was clearly hurtful and upsetting to her child and eventually that child lost her temper.  It happens and I doubt she totally...|||Woah, this is a bit harsh.  Respect has to be earned and if the mother is telling these embarrassing stories and disrespecting the child then no she certainly doesn't deserve respect.  Respect isn't...|||Hmmm, I think you should do it.  If you do it and just let it speak for itself you won't have to go up to people.  What you'll get is people who are at least curious talking to you about it so you...|||I kind of see these as two different things.  First, for me to start hanging out with someone I need to find some common ground just like Teddy said.  I have taken lately to talking with people on...|||Yeah I was brought up in a left leaning family that always emphasised making our own minds up and freedom of opinion.  Consequently I'm very left leaning while one of my brothers is right leaning and...|||gnudung, reading what you wrote I think you need to watch the less mainstream movies.  Two of the three you list that you've seen this year are major blockbusters, which by definition pander to the...|||Yep that's all.  It's all I need to do because there are very few times when I don't understand where my emotions are coming from.  generally my emotions aren't what I need to figure out in order to...|||Almost always left.  There are probably a few issues where I lean right, but they don't tend to be the ones that are important to me so if it came to 'vote for the left person who covers most of my...|||Even as a female I do this too.  I have been accused of being 'cold' by people who don't know me because I will never let my emotions out to people who don't deserve them.  As to your question,...|||I basically floated through my first year of university, got a shock when I failed a couple of papers, then a) chose second year papers that interested me and b) learned that I couldn't cruise the...|||It depends on the topic.  With lighter, more casual, topics I tend to write as I speak and my blog is a bit difficult to follow because of this tendency; but if it's something deeper, or I want to...|||I've been reading this thread with interest since it started and I agree with this.  We're seeing an almost textbook example of the types of miscommunication that can occur between these two types. ...|||Yeah, like the others have said: pay rent on time and do your share of the chores even if you hate them.  Your own room, if it's separate, can be as messy/disgusting as you like, but any shared areas...|||Doctor Who, mostly.  That's the only one I really hang out for, but others I also watch are:  Big Bang Theory Grimm Project Runway America's Next Top Model (can't help it with those two; I just...|||My best advice is to take one of those interests and think of a present that relates.  For example, with the art, get an art book related to the art she likes to look at or if she likes to create art...|||The one INTJ I know is really good at playing devil's advocate, and I appreciate him for helping me learn to look deeper at all sides of a topic before deciding what my opinion on it is.|||For me to get into my inner world takes time.  I don't share who I am at my deepest with just anyone and even in a relationship it takes a long time to get to know who I really am.  My advice if you...|||Mine is a building in my city that was extensively damaged in a big earthquake 2 years ago.  I chose it because I always loved it in there, we are still not allowed back to the building and likely...|||I was like you with my kids.  I had 'routines' that I did to signal to them when it was bed time or bath time or feed time or whatever, but they were never rigid nor were they at the same time each...|||1. If you could anthropomorphize yourself into an animal, would animal would represent you? I'd like to say a cat but I suspect I'd be some sort of really clingy dog.  I hate dogs, though, so maybe...|||He was toooooo good, too nice, too everything I think. I wanted to slap him.  This is possibly a lot to do with it being a long time since I saw his movie and that I hated The Avengers.  On the other...|||I spend a lot of time at home, but if I'm not there I'll be at the local park, a library, a coffee shop, a bookshop, at the movie theatre or sitting around reading at the beach.|||Ugh, really? I haven't watched in a while but I absolutely loathe movie Captain America especially in The Avengers.  I wonder why - I usually feel quite a happy affinity to characters generally typed...|||I've only watched one and a half of the videos but it's really interesting.  Teddy, you are so adorable!  I really liked the way both of you interacted together and I'm really itching to watch the...|||ISFJs tend to be the nurses, caregivers etc and are generally in the background.  You don't often find them in main character roles.  They will sometimes be the 'shoulder to cry on' sidekick for the...|||teddy564339  I'm sorry if this is hijacking your thread but I've been mulling over what you've said here and I'm a little confused on one point.  If you suggest that we need to allow Fe to dominate...|||I'm married to an ENFP and one of my best friends is one.  I adore them - they are the only type I ever get a 'feeling' about before becoming friends.  Everyone I've been immediately drawn to and...|||This part is something you could work at on a weekly basis, Teddy.  Once you've run out of fun things to do you'll have to start getting more creative which will push you a bit out of your comfort...|||Butting in to say Vertigo is one of my favourite Hitchcocks!  You should definitely watch it at some point.  My other favourite one is North by Northwest.  Hitchcock, to me, is so much more...|||It was in the nineties when I was at university and it was shown at the local arthouse cinema, several times over many years actually (oh the brilliant times I had in that place! *sigh*).  The thing...|||bob_toeback  I love A Clockwork Orange.  I wonder if why I found it better than you did first time around is because I saw it on the big screen -- it's very compelling on the large screen.  I've...