I have been known to give the silent treatment to people. I only do so because I want an emotional reaction out of the other person. I want that person to shake me, use
and say, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS!
This was what basically led to the end of a relationship with an LII and I. I think some of you may remember my threads about him and my confusion to whether he was an ILI, SLI, or LII. He is most definitely LII. How could I have been so blind to that fact? Anyway, I won't go into the details of my being sure of his type - only that the intertype relation played out perfectly.
His weak
PoLR did not want to face any type of confrontation. In fact, he stated that he rarely even feels anger and I think he represses any type of forceful emotion. He has very Alpha values as well, which annoyed me along with the passivity.
I began ignoring him because I wanted to see if he would realize that I was getting utterly bored of him - while not realizing at the time that this was because my Dual seeking function was his PoLR - but he did not react. He carried on with me as if we were fine, despite my obvious snubbing and such. I know it was a cruel thing to do, but I did not know how else to get "excitement" =S I know I created my own melodrama, but it was just so unfulfilling as a relationship to me.
Normally, I would agree with the Beta NFs here who've said that the silent treatment is horrible. I love when people speak up and defend their viewpoints, opinions, etc. I think my giving him the silent treatment was a means of seeing if he would actually do that!
I have gone off on a tangent like BLauritson, heh.