[ISTJ] ISTJs, can you be the life of the party?

[NewEra]

I notice that if there are fewer people and I know the people I am around well, then I can be the life of the party (doesn't necessarily have to be an actual 'party'). Otherwise if there are many people and if I don't know them well, I'll be an utter recluse. I don't know if this is a trait of Introverts or ISTJs. Other types can feel free to answer too.

 

[Take Five]

Yes.

 

[ajblaise]

Only if they drink enough to get rid of all semblance of being ISTJs.

 

[NewEra]

Only if they drink enough to get rid of all semblance of being ISTJs.

I'm the life of the party a lot, even when I haven't had a drop to drink.

 

[JocktheMotie]

"And then I told him, 'No, your cell is a #VALUE!' Am I right ladies?"

 

[Recoleta]

^ BAHAHAHAhahaha!

Er, anyway, yes, it happens on occasion.

 

[Habba]

Well yes, if you count four people drinking a party...

 

[Sam Spade]

^ What Habba said.

 

[swordpath]

I can get stupid if I'm comfortable with the group and/or drunk... No big deal.

 

[d@v3]

Yup.

 

[swordpath]

Only if they drink enough to get rid of all semblance of being ISTJs.

Get out.

 

[d@v3]

Get out.

+1

 

[ajblaise]

Get out.

+1

Alright party animals, but I'm taking my beer.

 

[IZthe411]

Sup,

New here.

Yes I can be, most of the time blame it on the Ac ac ac ac

 

[swordpath]

I'm an ISTP in ISTJ clothing.

 

[GHC]

I believe my dad is an ISTJ and he can be the life of a party if he wants to be.

He is quite good with his clever jokes, dancing, serious discussion that draws people attention and he feels at ease in crowd, so yeah I do believe ISTJ can be the life of the party whenever they feel like it.

 

[raz]

I got drunk once and all it did was make me say whatever was on my mind unfiltered. It ddin't make me a party animal or anything.

 

[compulsiverambler]

I notice that if there are fewer people and I know the people I am around well, then I can be the life of the party (doesn't necessarily have to be an actual 'party'). Otherwise if there are many people and if I don't know them well, I'll be an utter recluse. I don't know if this is a trait of Introverts or ISTJs. Other types can feel free to answer too.

I'm quite introverted (can happily go a few days without spending time with anyone at all) and I wouldn't say I ever behave like the life of a party, unless often being a bit silly and talking far too much counts, and I'm not like that within parties themselves. There's nothing about parties that particularly appeals to me, unless it's the kind of party in which you can easily hear people talk and hold a decent conversation without being bothered by people wanting you to dance, which I can't do and hate trying to do. Unless I'm a bit drunk I'm just bored by most parties and self-conscious about how bored and boring I must seem. Alcohol brings my Se to the fore and then I start to enjoy them. However in contexts in which I don't feel out of place, like quieter neighbourhood barbecues, I don't think I share your tendency to be a recluse when there are lots of people I don't know well, as long as there are a few that I do. I like meeting new people.

 

[AutumnReverie]

I don't think I've ever been the "life of the party" Maybe "at ease & talkative" but definitely not "life of the party"/dancing/wild or anything like that.

 

[NewEra]

I'm quite introverted (can happily go a few days without spending time with anyone at all) and I wouldn't say I ever behave like the life of a party, unless often being a bit silly and talking far too much counts, and I'm not like that within parties themselves. There's nothing about parties that particularly appeals to me, unless it's the kind of party in which you can easily hear people talk and hold a decent conversation without being bothered by people wanting you to dance, which I can't do and hate trying to do. Unless I'm a bit drunk I'm just bored by most parties and self-conscious about how bored and boring I must seem. Alcohol brings my Se to the fore and then I start to enjoy them. However in contexts in which I don't feel out of place, like quieter neighbourhood barbecues, I don't think I share your tendency to be a recluse when there are lots of people I don't know well, as long as there are a few that I do. I like meeting new people.

By 'life of the party', I didn't mean only parties, I just meant in general, at social events, to be an 'entertainer'. I don't need alcohol to be a constant comic at these social events (if of course, I know the people well), but alcohol does help me become even more hilarious.