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Originally Posted by Minde
She's a lot more emotionally outgoing and volatile than me.
This sounds like something an IJ would say of an EP.
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She often comes across as shy and often says she feels it. But she can be very loud and playful, with people she knows and doesn't know alike.
ENFps are said to have these exact tendencies.
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While I think I tend to have a calming, rationalizing effect on her, she still tends to act crazier than I do even when I'm around. You know, running through stores with shopping carts, pretending to be secret agents, climbing objects like fences and the random sculptures we have around town.
Typical ENFp :lol:
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She's a little more health-conscious than me, with regard to diet and exercise. She does more working out and calorie watching than I do. However, I'm a lot more germ-phobic than her. And I tend to turn to natural remedies more often (e.g. chiropractors, naturopaths).
This does nothing to support ENFp. However, it makes me think that you are probably the Intuitive subtype of INFj, while your sister is more likely the Ethical subtype of ENFp.
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She doesn't like to be tied down or feel controlled.
While this could be true of any type, ENFps are notorious for their need for independence and self-sufficience.
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She's pretty and has a sweet, girly, innocently flirty way about her that has led to more than a few broken boy-child hearts.
Typical female EF behavior.
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She likes to talk on the phone way more than I do. Her social circle is much wider than mine. Well, perhaps I should qualify that. I know just as many, if not more, people than she does. It's just that the people that she does know interact with her on a very regular basis, so it looks like she has more friends. She gets fulfilled by all that interaction; I get exhausted just watching her.
Extrovert. You make a GREAT distinction between E/I in that you have just as many friends as she does, but are not as energized by the interaction as she is, and do not feel the need to do "maintenance work" in your relationships.
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I realized during that period that I had to be very careful not to come across as trying to control her. Before, she would listen to me as her older sister. Now I have to be careful to come across more as an older friend.
Again, the stereotypical ENFp need for autonomy.
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She can be a lot more practical than me. While I'm still thinking through a solution to a (usually simple) problem, she's already halfway done taking care of it.
Extrovert. Also, ENFps have more :Te: than INFjs, so it makes sense that she would appear this way to you.
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When we fight, it's usually over little things and we never stay mad for long. Neither of us likes to maintain conflict.
This hints at your belonging to the same Quadra, and conflict avoidance points to a Quadra with :Si: as a value.
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We're both people pleasers,
Ethical
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She's usually sweet and complying with people, but she doesn't like it when her immediate family takes advantage of that too much.
Again we see EF traits coupled with the need for autonomy, which is most pronounced, at least in this subset, in ENFp.