mcmartinez84
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- Oct 25, 2007
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- MBTI Type
- ISTP
After reading about MBTI stuff, I kiiiinda know that E's and I's are different and I can see it for the most part. It's very weird for me to really understand it tho.
My husband tested as ENTJ and I'm ISTP.
I restore myself by being alone at home. Going out with a lot of people is mentally exhausting. Pretty typical introvert, I think.
It took me awhile to figure this out, but I've noticed that my husband usually seems to have a better time when there are people over or when we're out at a pub or just out with a group of friends. Of course he is. He's an E. It really energizes him to plan for people to come over. Cooking for a bunch of people, entertaining.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm having trouble finding a balance between my hermit tendencies and his need to be around people. Most of the time, even tho I'm kinda friends with some of the people we go out with, I don't have a very good time. I don't like going to the pub down the street all of the time where most of the people are old and we're never going to meet people we'll really be friends with. It feels like a huge waste of time.
And it seems like when it's just the two of us, he runs out of things to say or do. It's almost like he can't enjoy the moment with only my company. I know it's not a true statement, but that's just what it seems like to me.
Anyone care to throw in their 2 cents to shed some light on wtf he might be thinking/doing/rationalizing/whatever?
My husband tested as ENTJ and I'm ISTP.
I restore myself by being alone at home. Going out with a lot of people is mentally exhausting. Pretty typical introvert, I think.
It took me awhile to figure this out, but I've noticed that my husband usually seems to have a better time when there are people over or when we're out at a pub or just out with a group of friends. Of course he is. He's an E. It really energizes him to plan for people to come over. Cooking for a bunch of people, entertaining.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm having trouble finding a balance between my hermit tendencies and his need to be around people. Most of the time, even tho I'm kinda friends with some of the people we go out with, I don't have a very good time. I don't like going to the pub down the street all of the time where most of the people are old and we're never going to meet people we'll really be friends with. It feels like a huge waste of time.
And it seems like when it's just the two of us, he runs out of things to say or do. It's almost like he can't enjoy the moment with only my company. I know it's not a true statement, but that's just what it seems like to me.
Anyone care to throw in their 2 cents to shed some light on wtf he might be thinking/doing/rationalizing/whatever?