Kingu Kurimuzon
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- sp/sx
My ESJ dad insists he is an introvert. No one else would make that judgement after 5 minutes with him. Like [MENTION=7]Jennifer[/MENTION]'s dad, his typology background is very limited; he associates introversion/extroversion with the number of friends one has and will take offense at being labeled an extrovert--he associates the word with shallow, loud, popular. It's true he doesn't have a ton of close friends anymore, but this is the same person who insists on having conversations with random strangers, checkout clerks, toll booth attendants. Not to mention it's a known fact he was a popular kid in high school with many friends and spent the weekends on surfing trips with his surfer friends. He is a contractor and used to do a lot of museum exhibit installations and I would watch him network at exhibit openings where he seemed to flawlessly glide around the room shaking hands and making connections. Yes, I realize introverts are capable of networking, having many friends, and small talk, but these are things that come naturally for him and furthermore he enjoys them. He gets lonely when my mother works in the evenings and often calls my wife and I to come over and have a drink. He is the king of the one-sided conversation, meaning it is often hard for anyone else to get a word in. He exhibits few traits that I would associate with introverts.