'Do you like chatting on the phone? No.  Do you prefer text to phone calls? Why? Yes. Short and to the point. My most used reply would be 'ok'.  What is proper phone etiquette for you? Don't call me...|||You're onto something there I think! His previous relationships have probably taught him that he cannot say things as they are, so he is adapting, thus hiding the truth from you. Most girls don't...|||How do you know he doesn't have that insight?    He probably lives in the moment, enjoying what's he's having without worrying too much about what he might not have. Forgetting about something...|||Yay! My score was binary!|||I usually don't have any problems falling asleep, unless there is something really important I need to think through. However, I am not very good at going to bed, and even if I tell myself to go to...|||I know one, but she's a friend, not someone I could have a relationship with.  People really ought to have their type written in big letters on their front and back so that you didn't have to...|||I sometimes wonder what an ISTP-ISTP relationship would be like...|||I prefer the reply You never know!...|||Running in the rain is great too. I think anything except eating ice cream is great in the rain...|||**F* (I don't like using 'dear')  Get off my back and stop asking me what I'm feeling. I think, therefore I am.  My very own ISTP|||I think that's why some people like to talk to me about their problems. It's also why some of them change their mind and walk away, when they find out that I say what I think (which is based on logic...|||It's not just you. I don't own an umbrella.|||I can relate to your OP (cba to read through all the posts tbh).  After my divorce I was alone with the house. Most people wouldn't live in a house in the condition it was in at the time (I was...|||I preferred playing alone with my toys. I also liked looking out the window, just observing the outside world. When I got mad, I got really mad. I usually took it out on my toys, breaking some of...|||^^this! /10char|||Go for the latter! If you try to draw it out of him you will end up with a very frustrated ISTP. He might do it at first to try to please you but it will backfire on you. You don't want him to say...|||The real advantage of that would be that you don't have to hear about everything they feel...*sigh*|||Yes, very much so! One of my best friends - also an ISTP - and I used to sit in the same room, each with our laptop and a movie on the tv without saying anything other than the occasional comment...|||Your comment about being good at fixing things can easily make some people uneasy. Especially women, I think, as they often tend to have lower self-esteem than most men. If it's true, what's wrong in...|||Yes. I am way more serious when at work than at home. That's natural. It has been a surprise to some of my female acquaintances when they have called me at work.|||As others have said, you don't get your ISTP friend to talk to you. Forcing him to do so would probably end up in a very awkward conversation - especially for your friend. You'll probably be able to...|||Yes! I'm binary!|||How do I find put whether my picture is there?|||I do this, and I know it. What's so wrong with that? Why would I care what someone must have felt before doing something, if doing it isn't rational? I wish more people would actually THINK instead...|||Done!  /10char|||Not necessarily more important, but it is equally important. If I have been around people too much I need to go hide in one of my man caves. If I don't get 'ISTP time' (as I call it) I get frustrated...|||I have a Man Cave...well, two actually... Best places in the whole house!  :)|||Just say it!  :D|||^this!  My experience tells me that once one part wants a divorce there is no turning back, no matter whether or not you have tried working it out for years. My own divorce came out of the blue...|||My dad recently told me that he wouldn't be surprised if I had lived my life as a hermit. If all else fails, that's still an option.  ;)|||It was something I read the other day about ISTPs and relationships. Someone just pointed out that ships always sink. If you think it through you'll see that all relationships will end eventually....|||+1, though only swimming. Clean cut is the way to go.|||Oh, the joy of having so-called family members not worth talking to...  :)|||I think my parents would be the main reason for not doing what you did.   I was recently in a situation where I really felt like saying 'f*** it all' and start all over. I knew it wouldn't be that...|||+1  I have often wondered whether that is actually possible - and how other people would react.|||Well thank you. You do know ships always sink, don't you?  ;)|||So I've heard. A friend of mine - also an ISTP - had twins recently, and before she gave birth to them she could joke about giving away one of them, but she's all different now. I think it has been...|||A man-purse?|||I don't carry a pocket knife. No need to, I just find another way to open/cut whatever I need to open or cut.|||+1  I can spend hours/days finding information on something like colour patterns and productions blocks so that I can draw my own conclusions. I have more than 400 books on the subject, but I...|||Yes, that part of the world...|||You're probably right. I don't have kids yet, but I guess I will change when I get some. After all, their love is unconditional.  ;)|||20266  Well, that's me...smiling...|||That reminds me of how I invented the wireless mouse... And keyless keyboard. Only the former was a success...|||If he's anything like me he will just absorb the small things that annoy him, it will accumulate and he will be filled with rage one day. He might not take it out on you (I hope!), but he might punch...|||Thanks for taking me back to the 90s.  :P|||What's love?|||When the decision has been made - and I have always given it a lot of thought - I usually stand by it. Haven't always done that, so it's something I have learned. Never go back! It will not change...|||Yes. The only one in the house with a better sense of smell is my dog.|||I have had several relationships that lasted more than a year. Even been married too. I tend to get over break-ups rather easily, and my major concern when my ex-wife told me she wanted a divorce was...'