Maybe mine just seems to fall flat in the social interactions I've had with ESTJs. Just because you have Ne doesn't mean it's amusing.
However, for some reason I have absolutely no problem understanding my ESTJ's sense of humor (which is extremely Ne), but he seems not to understand mine (which is also extremely Ne!
). I wonder why is that?
Maybe it's just that the ESTJs APPEAR to be unamused. I find Ne tangents to be very entertaining, even if I don't understand them. Plus, e.g, there are moments when I'm listening to my ENTP friend going off about some shiny object or something, and I'll just shake my head and laugh at/with her... but then when I'm around someone quiet/subdued like my ISTJ cousin, I'll do exactly the same thing, and THEY'LL be the one shaking their head. Whereas the ESFJs I know will pretty much laugh at everything I say, regardless of whether they get it, lol.Heh. True. I didn't even think about it being their tertiary.
but I wuv them anyways 
Maybe it's just that the ESTJs APPEAR to be unamused. I find Ne tangents to be very entertaining, even if I don't understand them. Plus, e.g, there are moments when I'm listening to my ENTP friend going off about some shiny object or something, and I'll just shake my head and laugh at/with her... but then when I'm around someone quiet/subdued like my ISTJ cousin, I'll do exactly the same thing, and THEY'LL be the one shaking their head. Whereas the ESFJs I know will pretty much laugh at everything I say, regardless of whether they get it, lol.
Edit: I just realized that it's Page 69 now! Rawr.
RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
***breaks out the champagne***
Told you you're awesome!
You are, like, the most wuvable ESTJ I've ever seen!
What'd I do???AwThanks EJCC!
I think that my demeanor has probably created more awkwardness than disapproval, now that I think about it. So if an ESTJ is just listening (and possibly enjoying) my randomness, I might misinterpret it when they don't jump on the OT bandwagon right away. I've really liked the exposure I've had to ESTJ humor in the past because you guys make it so easy to just laugh out loud - to bust a gut and let it all out. But when I veer off and get no response, I always worry that I'm spoiling the fun somehow.
Don't overthink it too much. Sometimes it can still turn into a laugh-out-loud moment. Case in point:
I really relate to #4 and #5. I relate to #3 when it's long-distance. Absence doesn't really make the heart grow fonder, in my case. I don't think I would do a very good job, if I were in a long-distance relationship.
No, I'm sorry to say... the wabbits continue to evade me. But I got within a couple of feet of a squirrel the other day and seriously considered taking it down, in front of the entire campus, lol.
ABSOLUTELY.
When I'm around people who are friendly acquaintances, who I'm not as comfortable with yet, I perpetually feel the need to fill the silence with empty chatter. I feel like silence means that I'm not doing a good enough job at interacting with them. But when I'm comfortable with silent moments with other people, that means that I understand them, and kind of know what they're thinking... or at least, I know that the silence doesn't mean that either of us is unsatisfied with how things between us are going at that moment.
Exactly.No, I'm sorry to say... the wabbits continue to evade me. But I got within a couple of feet of a squirrel the other day and seriously considered taking it down, in front of the entire campus, lol.
ABSOLUTELY.
Why thank you. It's interesting that you would feel the same way. I always thought of that as being an E thing.Lol, I know what you mean. I think that when the ESTJ is checking up on you, that yeah, they'll ask you a lot of questions. Whenever they're curious about something, they'll ask a question about it, and it'll be very direct ('cause that's how they do things). And the reason why they don't see it as a problem is that they like it when people do the same thing to them. You have no idea how many times someone has apologized by accidentally "interrogating" me with tons of questions, and I say "It's fine! I actually really enjoyed answering them!" Consider, for a moment, this thread... that's exactly what it is!
