Friday, April 04, 2008

The Irony of the INTJ

On my Facebook page (yes, I'm on Facebook too) I did a "mini" Meyers-Briggs test which confirmed that I am an INTJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) personality - not a change from the last time I took it. If you don't know what this means, I'm not taking the time to explain it.

They give a description of what this personality type looks for in a romantic relationship, and I had to laugh:

"For INTJs, love means including someone in their vision of the world. INTJ men tend to be attracted to partners who enjoy living their lives with and outward vitality and zest. Perhaps it is to compensate for their internal, visionary focus that they often find partners who are more outgoing and may even run interference to help the INTJ deal with the day-to-day world. INTJ women, however, may seek someone more like themselves."

Does anyone else see the irony in this? I'm doomed!!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha...poor Amanda!! I was shocked at the accuracy of the facebook MBTI definitions. I was an ESFJ still (though, as I thought, slightly less S and J than before) and the description of me was dead on.

Anonymous said...

Your "vitality" and "zest" will make up for it all. I need to remember to refer to you as zesty more often.

J said...

Amanda! I'm an INTJ also. Just a fun fact: only 9.8% of people who have taken this test are in the INTJ, INFJ, INFP, INTP groups.