Battle of the introverts

[andrewducker]

When I first met Jane I told her that I was introverted. And about two weeks later she laughed at me, pointing out how many friends I have, and how much I socialise.

Last night, when I couldn't sleep at 5am, I did a Myers-Briggs test* (to check that I was still INTP - I still am). And then this morning I got her to do it too.

Turns out that I'm 61% introvert/39% extrovert. And she's 94% introvert/6% extrovert. So to her, I look all the same as those extroverted people who leave the house, and talk to other people. And to me she looks like a tiny dot, fleeing into the introverted distance.

Preempting some of the comments - if you want to claim that MBTI is just a horoscope then you'll have to explain its correlation with the Big Five.

Comments

[randomdreams]

I have to say that both from how you talk and the things you describe yourself doing, I would never have characterized you as introverted.

[andrewducker]

You don't see me spend two hours enjoying something and then having to come home and spend a few hours in quietly to recover energy from it.

I love company, and people. But it wears me out quickly.

[annie_r]

Many of us more extreme introverts just don't post about all those evenings spent quietly home alone, so yeah, you do appear to be very social and comfortable with it.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I'm not extreme :-)

But I'm not an extravert either. I know some of those, and I just don't have that in me.

[birguslatro]

From my view of you here, based entirely on your posts, I'd got the feeling you had to work at your socializing. That it's not something you just naturally do.

Anyway, in a few months, for a few years, you'll be too tired and time-poor to go out much at all, so that'll be a relief! :)