I disagree with your theory .. i can understand why you think WE would be boring .. but if either of us organised a day out, i promise the other would have fun .. yeah we do make good friends and we are dependable, loyal (dont say it like it's a bad thing, to drop everything and see to a friend, be it just a shoulder to cry on .. we are there) .. I dont believe i am an ISFJ and retook the test and came out a ESFJ and i am still not happy.. it doesnt matter what initials i get .. all i know is i am a protector/guardian .. the minor details are not relevant .. You are right, we are not supposed to spend a lot of time on the internet and interacting .. just shows "they" might try and fit all of us into a box, but it just can't be done .. We each have different life experiences and thought/emotion processes that makes all slightly individual and unique ..
Hope that helps ..
my ISFJ friend would plan an outing specifically with 'exciting' in mind if i, or another of her friends, mentioned needing one with that agenda.
while usually she has a smile on her face and makes bad jokes (knowing they're bad and old, but that's what makes 'em funny), she
can be boring when she's stressed.
hoo boy. but, because she has so many other things going for her friend-wise, i stuck it out. because i stuck it out, i eventually figured out why and when she gets that way, and that makes a lot of difference in how i handle it.
she gets very redundant, complains a lot, tics off lists of things she has done or needs to do more than once, comes to wrong conclusions based on very little (
which is really hard for me not to argue about, but i keep it inside - unless it goes overboard and gets way too personal, which is rare), and stresses way too much about minutiae.
now, while 99% of the time, that drives me insane as i can't
stand when someone repeats themselves over and over, i've come to realize that this is just a calming mechanism for her, it makes her feel better. so, instead of getting annoyed, like i used to, and like i usually do with others, i look over it (since she's such a great friend otherwise), and 'ride it out'. usually, by thinking about something else when she gets in 'repeat' mode, so that it's not as painful.
once she feels heard, and/or just gets these things off of her chest without being interrupted, she's right back to her old self.
when compared to all the pluses she (and my other ISFJ friends who are
very similar to her) brings to our friendship, those times that require my patience and biting my tongue are totally worth it.