'I am very conflicted right now when it comes to wanting children.  I honestly had no maternal instinct whatsoever until recently.  Up until now, none of my close friends have had children, and I...|||If I had to guess for my closest friends:  1. ISFJ 2. ESFP 3. ISTJ 4. xNFP 5. ESFJ  I don't know if this is correct or not because I don't know if *they* know their types (actually the xNFP...|||What you said in the last paragraph ... as a teacher, this frustrates me too!  There's a trend in education to combine classes more and more to contain a variety of types of students (which I won't...|||I can't say that I had much trouble with my community in general.  I mean, if I'm talking about my same-age peers, I was never considered popular because I was too into artsy extracurricular...|||I do eat meat, and I do feel guilty about it.  I have vaguely considered not eating meat, but I don't think I could actually do it because of my nutritional requirements.  I need a high protein diet...|||Well I am in the SAME boat as you except I teach science, not theater (I know most people don't think of science as INFP but I find it interesting, and I'm good at it).  I had another career that I...|||Exactly if God truly created one man and one woman, and he technically created the woman from the man, then we're all products of incest.|||As per the 10 books that have stayed with you list going around Facebook, my choices are the following (in no special order):   The Reader by Bernhard Schlink   Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa...|||These are some amazing lists, and I'm partially posting on here just so I'm sure I can find it again if I need some ideas for what to listen to.  My list isn't as long as others' but I'm being pretty...|||Another point: INFP types are known as the Idealists and I have heard a theory of procrastination which says that it comes from a person setting such high standards in their mind (an ideal, perhaps...|||Well, this isn't me at all, but then again I have a bit of impulse control so if I'm not feeling calm no one else is going to feel calm because of me.  As for cute I don't think you can stereotype...|||I think Eleanor Roosevelt may have been an INFP.  If you google it, they have her classified as an ENFP but if you read a biography of her it actually seems like she was an introvert forced by her...|||Don't know much about subtypes, and ... WOW.  Definitely the Teacher.  First time I read it through I thought, yeah, in some ways.  Reading more carefully a second time, it is me almost perfectly. ...|||[/LIST]  Interests and hobbies: I generally like to read a lot (I'll tell you more about what later), though sometimes work gets too busy.  I also enjoy writing but it comes in bursts and goes...|||Well, I can't help with the is he/isn't he gay thing at all, sorry.  However, I can commiserate with the part about waiting for someone to text back, and feeling like they have this power over your...|||Oh, wow, I am totally in that situation right now where I'm being treated very poorly, only I have the opposite problem as you, which is that I can't seem to find the courage to stand my ground.  Do...|||I don't think I cry too much but my mom thinks so.  I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm clinically depressed because of it, even though I'm not.  I mean, I'm pretty sure I'm not.  I cry for a bit,...|||Lol, well I feel dumb.  But it works, see?  Thanks!|||Alcohol doesn't actually change your base personality.  If it were as easy to change who you are as that, MBTI wouldn't be very valid.  Alcohol just makes you say or do things that you would...|||So I was absent from the site for a couple months, and since I've been back a couple weeks ago whenever I try to create a thread (like right now) or reply to a thread, I am unable to create a new...|||Also, sorry for the huge long single paragraph.  For some reason, the window here won't let me create new paragraphs.  Attempting to fix that now.|||Eggsies, thanks for the reply.  Your perspective on the cheating thing is interesting, I never really thought about it that way, especially not at the beginning but perhaps you make a good point...|||In the INFP forums we once had a conversation about what we like getting for gifts and we agreed on a lot of things.  However, I'm a terrible gift giver for anyone with different tastes.  So, I'm...|||I was always very, very good at math, but I never *enjoyed* math.  To be fair, I'm only slightly more F than T (as opposed to the other functions).  Also, I have to say while math is very methodical,...|||Ok Mr. ENFJ, I have a conundrum for you.  I am dating an ENFJ, have been since about January, but we both have very busy schedules and have been able to spend very little time with each other (being...|||I love bikes but use one for recreation, not actual transportation.  I might bike on weekend or evening errands when the weather's nice except right now I live up a steep hill that I'd never make it...|||I haven't been clinically diagnosed with ADHD, but after reading extensively and talking with my mom about my behaviors as a kid (and found out she wanted to take me to a psychologist but my dad...|||My yoga clothes: tight black capris and a pink and purple tank.|||I tear up at movies sometimes, but I don't generally cry hard.  Exceptions are if it's the movie version of a book I read (like Harry Potter).  I believe this is because two hours is not usually...|||Unfortunately, I kind of read a lot of books at once.  For fiction, I'm working on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and am almost done with The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman.  Also reading a...|||I'm a little ambivalent about books being made into movies.  Many of my favorite books are literary enough that a movie version would be a atrocious.  A couple I agree with:  1. Finish His Dark...|||I could not read this point without replying.  You may be physically alone, but someone's hearing you!  I haven't posted on this thread before, but I fear it may be where I belong ...|||Out of curiosity, if you had someone who desperately wanted to meet your needs but didn't know how, what would you tell this person?  Would you even know what to ask them for?  Or is this more of...|||Well I've never read that book but I have seen the loosely-based movie, and I see what you're saying.  I have thought of that, too, but I'm just not fully convinced that this is the case, and I'm not...|||I greatly appreciate your input.  What you and boxerkitty have said about an ENFJs need to socialize with a wide set of people and to have time to unwind do make me feel somewhat better about the...|||My one thing that I would love to have in the person I choose to spend my life with (assuming that I do find someone with whom I choose to spend my life), is similar to a point you made.  I have...|||Completely agreed, MadRabbit.  Once exception: if I'm pursuing an answer that I will never find, that possibly doesn't exist.  I go through cycles where I get frustrated, give up and decide to stop...|||Yeah, I hear you.  I know it's not really as complicated as I wish it were, but it seems that way in my mind.  One, I don't entirely know how to bring it up without using the word marriage which...|||I don't know for sure that he is an ENFJ but it seems by far the most likely, so I thought I'd post here for some advice.  ENFJs, what are some of the difficulties you have with relationships?  If...|||This is something that has been bugging me for a few weeks now, and I thought I would post it on here where other people seem to get me and think about things in the same way.  So, I'm seeing...|||But why?  If your original post title is anything to go by, I can totally relate.  I almost posted a similar thread -- about not being able to trust in relationships -- a few days ago.  If you...|||I have no desire to control others, but I do kind of freak out when I feel like I have no control over my feelings in a situation.  Let me explain.  I have no desire to tell someone else what to do...|||As others have mentioned, I feel really guilty when I spend a lot of money on spa-type things.  I just feel like I could be putting it somewhere more useful especially since I don't make a ton of...|||Sad, angry, pathetic, embarrassed, love|||Oh, definitely, definitely.  This stems from a combination of a number of things that have occurred in my life, but the biggest overall factor is that I form attachments incredibly easy.  Seems a...|||I'm really hoping that since you referred to a break-up letter that this is a long-distance relationship.  Because if not, seriously?  You can't even face this person to tell them how you feel? ...|||I can't honestly see the point in saying which letter I'd like to change because I can't imagine being anyone but who I am.  That being said, I voted INTP because I'm closer to T than I am to E, S,...|||Ok, a few things, sort of issues I had with the test.  1. I took the quiz and got 147 - The Entertainer.  One, I don't think this is really my type, for reasons I'll describe below, and two,...|||Yeah, I definitely get jealous when it comes to romantic relationships.  To be honest, I haven't had many serious romantic relationships, and this is part of the reason (though certainly there are...|||Wait, leafstone, third volume of 1Q84?  Was the book originally split in Japanese (or another language)?  I spent an entire week at the beach with that book and didn't finish (I have finished since...'