Tallulah
Emerging
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
That's a tuff one. I know where you're coming from. I found, right here, that the age difference really doesn't matter though. You'll see that. But, yes, I really, really, do know. I just cannot get interested in what brand of baby diapers are best or what cleaning product is... its been a constant problem. I have, with age, learned to be gracious though and endure it to a point. I'm like you and very "I."
I think that's why my personality is so compartmentalized. I very rarely can relate wholly to other people. I've had to learn to be social and polite around the small-talkers because I grew up in a small Southern town, and was surrounded by people who only cared about mundane, daily things. But I do realize that that stuff is important to them, so I do try to make the effort. But they only see a very small part of who I am.
With others, I might have a couple of overlapping interests, but I meet very few people that I feel really connected to. I'm not really into typical INTP stuff like Star Wars and gaming. I like acting, but I'm an extreme introvert and I get nervous around so many people who seem to have no personal boundaries. I love playing guitar, and I'm in a band, but I'm not really into the whole lifestyle, with the partying and stuff--I just like the music. So I tend to just compartmentalize and connect in those small ways, but I don't feel like there are many people that really know me. I wish I liked people enough to bridge the whole gap, but I can't seem to make the effort. I think maybe I have taken the mirroring thing to the extreme.