WHY are we rare? In the end it just comes down to the human brain and what the natural variations in personality are, for both solid evolutionary, and random, reasons. For whatever reason people who...|||Ohhh yes, of course. I couldn't maintain any kind of attraction to a man who not only is smart, interesting, and can teach me about things I don't know - but also one I am confident is more...|||I could make it work with almost any personality type, I think, depending on the person. I have friends and family of nearly every MBTI type and my two serious relationships are of exactly opposite...|||I am an INTJ woman (Ni, Ti, and Te are my dominant functions without any doubt) but I also have well-developed Fi and decent Fe (I have zero Ne, Si, and Se by all tests I have taken.. haha). While I...|||This is a huge issue for me, and I wasn't familiar with the term before. Crazy.|||I only know two ENTPs, and the fascination seems to be mutual. I'm very happily dating one right now. We are so, so different... and yet somehow we are so similar. I can't really explain it.|||ISFPs seem to hate being told what to do or how they 'should' feel about things. In that way, we are very similar.|||- Mental Self - Romance/Significant Other (when in serious relationship - give it my all. When not in relationship - no effort, haha. They come to me.) - Family & Friends - Physical Self  -...|||All of that stuff is stupid and I don't do it. I have adapted to aping some social rituals for the sake of winning friends and influencing people, but I have to draw lines somewhere, goddamit.|||I don't understand what 'lonely' feels like. When I was younger I was more solitary, now I am more social but I always feel content with the amount of time I spend alone vs. with other people. But...|||I shamelessly add everyone I don't hate who I have gone to school, worked with, or had any positive interaction with... Then I un-friend everyone who is annoying.  I have a very wide base for...|||I am practically Facebook famous. I am interested in people and in socializing (mostly from an intellectual standpoint of course), and the more people that like me, the more advantages I have....|||Hm. I express myself in a plain and precise way, and favor that style when I am trying to absorb information. But I'm not given to short remarks when there is something interesting to be discussed....|||I retreat onto my cold, stony, ultra-logical mountaintop where I almost silently watch them splatter their emotions, and then I pick apart their feeble arguments and make cutting remarks as...|||I only know one probable INTJ IRL, and she is the only other person I know who is as anal as I am about her nutrition, health, strength and body composition. All the online INTJs whose pictures I...|||I had several IQ tests when younger (5 to 16 or so). I was a precocious kid and was in 'Gifted' programs at school. I didn't get consistent test results, though, which makes sense because a]I have a...|||At 27, I have ditched almost all of my social anxiety and learned how to socialize effectively, so; I deliberately come off as an often quiet but kind and humorous sort who is frequently smiling and...|||^You kidding? I'm so jealous, you have the best of both worlds. I am pretty social at this point, after years of practice, but I can only 'turn on' for so long... still need plenty of 'off' hours in...|||I wanted further ability to accessorize. And at this point in my life I've finally achieved some level of comfort expressing a 'personal style'; for many years I dressed deliberately to avoid...|||I'm a 27-year-old woman and I just got my earlobes pierced for the first time in my life. Thought that one over for 20 years. Not really my thing.|||Right there with ya, buddy...|||Internet friends are a good intermediate step. Don't be afraid to pursue what closeness online relationships allow, in the spirit of connecting with likeminded people.  At this point (27) I am a...|||Romantically, or generally?   I have a couple close friends who are ISFPs, as well as my sister. We relate very well, although it's always very much a situation where I am supportive, nurturing,...|||While I'd try with someone I was attracted to on multiple levels of any personality type; if I have to choose, I know I find the various qualities of E/I NFPs and E/I NTPs to be very compatible with...|||While I'd try with someone I was attracted to on multiple levels of any personality type; if I have to choose, I know I find the various qualities of E/I NFPs and E/I NTPs to be very compatible with...|||Speaking only for myself, I feel very loved. Women in particular, I have a special connection with, and I have always had tons of very close female friends...  Romance has been a bit of a challenge...|||Romanticism isn't really predictable by MBTI type, I don't think. Though NTs as a whole tend to be a bit more reserved and 'dry' when it comes to feelings than other groups of types.. but the...|||I weigh 100 lbs, have big blue eyes, curly blond hair, and a high-pitched voice, and still can pass for a teenager. I've always assumed this is why people tell me I am cute.  Also that if my...|||I was the smallest in my class, super weird in a variety of ways, badly dressed, awkward (though I have a pretty face and always have)... and I have never been bullied, at any age. Sometimes kids...|||I'm really good at predicting the issues in romantic relationships that will ultimately tear a couple apart.. but that's usually pretty easy.|||xNTP - he's always tested as an INTP, but I think he's ENTP for sure - quite developed Fe, and much more flamboyant and social than I've ever heard of an INTP being. My ex was a heavy Fe user as...|||My boyfriend got upset with me (mostly because we hadn't seen each other for far too long) and told me that my idea of intimate connection was like a man's - as though it were an insult!  I was...|||I was born at the end of June and my astrological chart is perfectly balanced (my yoga teacher did it for me, I indulge her). I think astrology is nonsense.  However, my intelligence is completely...|||I have a ton of friends, most of them are women and SFs and I love them. But then I have so much Fi I'm practically an INFP. :D|||I kind of hate how you share most of my strengths, and are also very good in my weak areas. :p|||I was raised a conservative Protestant and I celebrate Christian holidays (in an incredibly half-assed way) but I never considered myself to be religious (even as a kid, it didn't speak to me) and...|||All of my best friends are Sensors. Seriously.  There is a lot to be said for learning how to not offend people...|||My only confirmed fellow INTJ friend is online only (not from PercC), but we talk a lot. Especially interesting is comparing his textbook INTJ-ness vs to my slightly atypical version. We definitely...|||At work, at home (usually in my room since I have three room mates), walking my dogs, biking around my city (usually alone), or over at a (usually introverted) friend's house. Although since I...|||Yes. But only in romantic situations, these days (making friends with people I like comes easily). I hate it.  Luckily my boyfriend is patient and liked me for a long time before we went out,...|||High school dropout, never got my GED, no plans for further formal education.|||I believe I am of above-average facial and general attractiveness, yes, based not only on the research I have done on both aesthetic and sexual attractiveness, but also of course on people's...|||Yes. Since I am extremely self-confident about my appearance, physical compliments leave me pretty cold. I know I am attractive and I look how I want to, I don't care about anyone else's opinion...|||Ah, this is a fascinating topic for me. I don't have a self-image at all like anyone I know, with the possible exception of my boyfriend (who is an E/INTP) - but he invites attention and revels in...|||100% introvert 85% intuitive 70% thinking 51% judging. Seriously.   My cognitive functions are consistently super-strong Ni, more Ti than Te (though both are strong), and fairly developed Fi...|||I'm sorry you are being taken advantage of, and do not feel appreciated by your family. I'm sure they do love you very much.  I'm also sorry you're feeling so tortured in your soul over who you...|||Two of my bestest friends and my ex (7 year relationship) are ISFJs. They are all lovely people; incredibly caring, responsible, loyal, morally upstanding, sensitive, with an eye for beauty and a...|||OP, I agree with PPs that you need to set clear boundaries ASAP.  Speaking as another INTJ: it's so vastly rare for me to be strongly interested in someone that I don't give a damn about...|||I'm much more into learning about Jungian cognitive processes than I am in the results I get on whichever MBTI quiz.  I'm super-strong Ni and strong Fi with balanced Ti and Te and barely existent...|||(1) Do INTJs think INFPS are all sappy over-sensitive people who waste lots of time with unnecessary mannerisms?   Absolutely not. Most of my loved ones are Feeling types so I have a ton of sympathy...