'From what you've written so far, you sound like a type 5.|||at-risk youth  time or money?|||I'm a 9w8 4w5 7w8 SX/SP.   I'm generally attracted to 9s, 8s, and 4s with sx or sp variants.  I agree with @soft.cynosure though, that the variants are a big deal.|||Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates, by David Cordingly|||I love this forum.  Whenever I have a question, I google it, and find my suspicions to be validated by you people here.|||I'd happily eat everything with my hands. =)  More time or more money?|||Yes actually.  I feel safe in general in life.  I have had many a friend/boyfriend/mother shake their head at me.  Like, oh, poor naive little thing.  And I'm smart enough to realize they are...|||Hmm..I don't know, but you sound like a really interesting/exciting person!  :)|||Have you looked into the possibility of being a straight up 8?  Based on what you wrote alone, that would seem obvious to me.  Course I know theres more to it. ;)|||What enneagram books have you looked into?  Years ago when I discovered it, I kept testing equally as 5 and 9.  Totally different of course.  Then I read Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso,...|||hi sherry.  :)  have you looked into the enneagram yet?  it's the one that seriously blew me away.  after a lot of years studying it, i am a believer. ^^  welcome to the forum, it's a fun place.|||LOL!  hehehe, that was a great visual. ^_^|||much more frequently than a blue moon.|||okay, i'll look into Liverpool. ^__^  I sort of want just a well-rounded cultural experience...a little history, a little scenery, a little real English life.    Sounds good to me. =)   ...|||we are having the same week i think.|||yesterday.  i was discussing life with some friends, how it's hard to find the right path, and how it sometimes seems despairingly meaningless.|||Alice Fry??  LOL!|||Marion Papillon  Hero of the Crows  The Great Archives Record: Intelligent, knowing, wise and shrewd.  This winged one was cast from the firmament.|||Well, I didn't mean he has some dark, dirty secret, I just mean, he isn't telling her something, right?  I mean, if he can't/won't give her any sort of explanation, he is either lying to himself, or...|||I am surprised by some of the answers/advice given here.  If I was in a 9 year relationship with someone, and they would not give me a straight answer as to why I was being kept a secret, I would go...|||Sounds possibly like a 6 with a 7 wing to me.|||oh, i know about vietnam.  i just don't know enough about the 9/11 thing to know for absolutely sure, but i do personally believe it was all set up for that reason.  even still when i see a 9/11 clip...|||adventure!!!|||I've seen a few documentaries with people saying that the twin towers went down because of explosives set inside a building.  There were also firefighters, bystanders, etc. saying the same thing.  A...|||ah, i see, sorry...i only read your first couple posts, i see now that you are wanting advice.  i don't know what to say.  maybe follow your heart?  or maybe, if you're not sure how to, just take...|||Do what you want.  If what you want is to keep his feelings/wishes in mind for hope of possibly working it out in the future - do that.  If that's not what you want, don't.  Either way, you will do...|||I was wondering what that meant myself.  So, do people just quit for a while, and retired is just to let us know they're not going to be here for a while?  Because if they really wanted to quit,...|||i'm an INFP.  i get lonely when i have no one to share my interests with for a several days or weeks in a row.  it takes me a while to feel lonely.  i also feel lonely if i have a secret.  i hate...|||i don't know about others, but i'm an infp.  i always decorate my home in what a lot of people might think an odd sort of way...  i like random old arty things.  like, my house looks like it's been...|||would it make you feel better to know the truth?    it doesn't have to mean anything, but maybe it would put your mind at ease...you can still chose who you will consider your father.  the man...|||hey. :)  thanks again.  yes, i do have a creative outlet in art, and am going to be taking more art classes in january.  but...even with the things i love like art, and i do have days where i feel...|||Thank you so much strawberrylola.  You are right, I feel very stagnate.    The thing is, most of my life I've had to work like crazy to support myself, and for a while, a friend of mine.  I was...|||thanks so much everyone for all the great suggestions.  it really does help a lot!    well, i like nature, and history and all that, but in combination with that, i would like to go somewhere...|||Hi there,  So, I wondered if anyone else here ever felt this way...  Sometimes the every-day-ness of every day life really gets to me, and leaves me with a feeling of heartache.  It feels just...|||haha, this one is very true for me too. ^^|||happy new year to you to.  and welcome to the forum. :)  i'm an infp myself.  that's so cool that you're studying in tokyo! =)  do you know what enneagram type you are?  the ennagram's my...|||You sound like a 5, or possibly a 6 with a pretty strong 5 wing. :)|||you should look into the enneagram too if you are interested in the way personality typing helps you understand people.  i find it immensely helpful for that.|||i personally really like the look of smaller breasts.  of course it doesn't matter at all, but i think it makes your clothes look better, and it looks sort of elegant in a way.  (there are good...|||oh yeah?  i had considered Bristol, but thought Brighton was a little too...something.  hipster maybe?  not that that's bad, just maybe not for a short visit i thought.  i'll look more into it...|||i have been writing the same novel for apx. 8 -9 years.  i doubt i'll ever finish it, but i still enjoy working on it. :)|||Felt like you were living a lie - yes  Found yourself absolutely hopeless in interacting with others despite an overwhelming propulsion to do so - no  Realized you're incredibly talented at math /...|||So, in the summer or early fall, I will be traveling to England (from the US) for 2 weeks.    I have never been, so I'd like opinions from people who live there, or have spent a lot of time there,...|||i don't think it's weird when someone brings up stuff totally out of the blue.  i think it's real.  really formulaic conversations just don't really lead to any real connection or friendship.  and as...|||i'm an infp, but i'm going to answer anyway, just for fun.  hope that's okay. ^^  i agree with your quote above.  i think all drugs should be legal.  there should probably be some sort of age...|||first of all, you should try to totally chuck your reason #1 - not all white girls think that way.  i am a white girl, and my attraction, or interest in guys has absolutely nothing to do with what...|||i've never seen two and a half men...but i'll just take your word for it. ;)|||i just want to say AMEN to all of these things.  there is a lot more, but omg!  i love it!  there are people in the world who get me!  it's all so heart-warming!  (a lot of these are so true...|||omg, this is the awesomest thread ever!    i had a very nice member of this forum write to me a few times saying she was positive that i was  J instead of a P.   i told her that i really didn't...|||woo hoo!  i love everything you said.  god, it's so refreshing!  i'm gonna get this printed on a t-shirt. ;)  seriously though, i can't wait till this is all a thing of the past.'