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    I'm married to someone with an opposing temperament. He's EJ, I'm IP. Does it work out? It can. Does it get annoying? YES.

    more: mainly our rhythms of living are different. he wants to do things now, I want to wait until I have more energy or until I feel like doing them. he wants a plan, I want to wing it. he wants more structure, I want less. it's not horrible if you're the one who doesn't care (me). but if you're always wanting the other person to do things differently (him), it gets hard after awhile. The go-with-the-flow person always has it easier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    The go-with-the-flow person always has it easier.
    Do you think that this would still apply if you were married to an ENTj?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    Do you think that this would still apply if you were married to an ENTj?
    not sure. good question.
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    I'd say I generally don't want/need to do things right now (Ni), but I do want to plan stuff, so that would still probably be a source of conflict - at least it was in my really short relationship with an INFp.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FDG View Post
    I'd say I generally don't want/need to do things right now (Ni), but I do want to plan stuff, so that would still probably be a source of conflict - at least it was in my really short relationship with an INFp.
    doing things right now is not Ni. Ni is more knowing when the right time is to do things. but I hate it when people feel the need to plan everything. I don't think I'd like being with an ENTj. socionics says the supervisee has it worse, so that would be me. But I'm not sure how that would play out in real life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    doing things right now is not Ni. Ni is more knowing when the right time is to do things.
    That's exactly what I said: ENTjs don't need to do everything right now because they have Ni. Anyway, I also think supervision relationships aren't really that great, although I suppose some are worse than others. I used to have really good chemistry with the INFp girl, but I could see that she might have resented how I wanted to have some certainty about the future and how I might have resented her apparent flakiness (you could equally say that mine was clingy-ness and hers was flexibility, it's a matter of point of view).
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    Quote Originally Posted by FDG View Post
    That's exactly what I said: ENTjs don't need to do everything right now because they have Ni.
    oh sorry! misunderstood you. (see, I'm being supervised already, )
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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    doing things right now is not Ni. Ni is more knowing when the right time is to do things. but I hate it when people feel the need to plan everything. I don't think I'd like being with an ENTj. socionics says the supervisee has it worse, so that would be me. But I'm not sure how that would play out in real life.
    I'll venture a guess. With your husband, you can handle the things that he plans for without planning, and he doesn't mess with your , so you can hang back and feel separate from the planning. On the other hand, an ENTj would turn the into a plan, pressuring you to keep up... if you failed to do so, your "winging it" would be consistently shown to be inferior to his planning.

    With your supervisee, you can judge his views on your terms, but he can't judge your views on his terms. With your supervisor, you would be forced to take into account his way of thinking, without being able to retaliate (that is, measure his way of thinking on your terms).



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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    I'll venture a guess. With your husband, you can handle the things that he plans for without planning, and he doesn't mess with your , so you can hang back and feel separate from the planning. On the other hand, an ENTj would turn the into a plan, pressuring you to keep up... if you failed to do so, your "winging it" would be consistently shown to be inferior to his planning.

    With your supervisee, you can judge his views on your terms, but he can't judge your views on his terms. With your supervisor, you would be forced to take into account his way of thinking, without being able to retaliate (that is, measure his way of thinking on your terms).
    interesting! that's a really good guess. And totally right about me being able to handle my supervisee's plans without planning.

    obviously, the best opposite temperament relation would be mirror. I dated an ENFj for a very short while in college. He was great and I had a lot of respect for him but the ants-in-his-pants long term planning and vision for his life was too much for me. I also felt unable to inspire him. It was as if he already had enough inspiration and didn't need me. He wanted to drag me along with him but I wasn't contributing anything he couldn't already provide for himself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    interesting! that's a really good guess. And totally right about me being able to handle my supervisee's plans without planning.

    obviously, the best opposite temperament relation would be mirror. I dated an ENFj for a very short while in college. He was great and I had a lot of respect for him but the ants-in-his-pants long term planning and vision for his life was too much for me. I also felt unable to inspire him. It was as if he already had enough inspiration and didn't need me. With my SLE friend, I feel like my very presence gives him something--relaxes him, helps him have fun and puts a smile on his face. With the ENFj, he wanted to drag me along with him but I wasn't contributing anything he couldn't already provide for himself.
    I sometimes think of Mirror as a "fair fight"... you supervise each other, that is you're each able to manage the other's base function material in terms of your base function. It's mutual supervision...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    I sometimes think of Mirror as a "fair fight"... you supervise each other, that is you're each able to manage the other's base function material in terms of your base function. It's mutual supervision...
    yeah, that makes sense. My aunt is ENFj and I love her. We do fight and disagree occasionally but it always feels fair and equal somehow. Sharing the same quadra values is nice. Also funny cause our husbands are mirrors (ISFp and ESFj) and get along great. Fun when the four of us are together.

    oooh, sorry. this post is getting really off the thread topic now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by octopuslove View Post
    Has anyone dated someone with an opposing temperament? What's it like? Does it work out, long-term? Please share!
    probably the best chance is with your mirror.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    I sometimes think of Mirror as a "fair fight"... you supervise each other, that is you're each able to manage the other's base function material in terms of your base function. It's mutual supervision...
    That's an interesting way of looking at it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarno View Post
    probably the best chance is with your mirror.
    my in-laws have a mirror relation. 90% sure they're ISFp-ESFj. Married for 40 years. Fairly happy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    I'm married to someone with an opposing temperament. He's EJ, I'm IP. Does it work out? It can. Does it get annoying? YES. my aunt and uncle are IP-EJ also and they've been married for 38 years. Happily? Sometimes. They yell a lot though. Divorce has never been an option. But I'll say this much, sometimes when I look at them, I think to myself "I don't want to be that in another 20 years" which is exactly what will happen if I stay with my husband.

    more: mainly our rhythms of living are different. he wants to do things now, I want to wait until I have more energy or until I feel like doing them. he wants a plan, I want to wing it. he wants more structure, I want less. it's not horrible if you're the one who doesn't care (me). but if you're always wanting the other person to do things differently (him), it gets hard after awhile. The go-with-the-flow person always has it easier.
    This sounds alot like my parents relationship. ESE mother, SLI father. Also a supervisory relation with mother acting as supervisor. Have been married for over 30 years now. They say they're happily married and divorce isn't an option for them either but I sense that deep down they don't feel like it's a particularly fullfilling relationship.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    I sometimes think of Mirror as a "fair fight"... you supervise each other, that is you're each able to manage the other's base function material in terms of your base function. It's mutual supervision...
    i was just thinking the same thing the other day. funny. you correct one another, kind of tweak each other a little, but it's equal and fair and minor compared to supervision relation.

    I'll venture a guess. With your husband, you can handle the things that he plans for without planning, and he doesn't mess with your , so you can hang back and feel separate from the planning. On the other hand, an ENTj would turn the into a plan, pressuring you to keep up... if you failed to do so, your "winging it" would be consistently shown to be inferior to his planning.

    With your supervisee, you can judge his views on your terms, but he can't judge your views on his terms. With your supervisor, you would be forced to take into account his way of thinking, without being able to retaliate (that is, measure his way of thinking on your terms).
    good call about LIE supervision and supervision in general. supervision is oppressive over the longer haul. there's always that creative function-leading function connection with supervision partners, but it's undermined by the leading-polr. so you feel close, but as the supervisee you're always behind the 8 ball. it's a weird relationship, really, kind of oddly reinforcing and hard to extricate from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redbaron View Post
    doing things right now is not Ni. Ni is more knowing when the right time is to do things. but I hate it when people feel the need to plan everything. I don't think I'd like being with an ENTj. socionics says the supervisee has it worse, so that would be me. But I'm not sure how that would play out in real life.
    you're so selfish

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    Any tips or tricks? I've been finding some Ij relationships difficult because they never seem to be on the same schedule as I am reactions wise.
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    I think you have to give them what they want and just accept that it will never be what you want too. Because the timing is all off like you said, and well timing is pretty much everything in a way...

    I understand your frustration though. You've said multiple times over the past few weeks or so how you've wanted to find yourself and just go your own way, but naturally only a few people are going to genuinely like whatever that turns out to be. Because is is like innately narcissistic not in the bad way or anything. But they obviously are going to care less about your identity and more about how you can simply get along with them, which is what you're caring about as well...

    I remember you told me before though that you can't always expect that you will get along with people so just idk, maybe in this situation it's best to just not try (id need more physical details) and just remember the people that will care and love you for whoever you are. this is such a cliche but 'absence makes the heart grow fonder.' unless they love u as much as i love you.

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