Yeah, I would not be surprised if most people had considered me IEI from seeing me at that time in my life. I was with my dad on a trip at the time, and I tend to be a bit less "active" around my parents; my "displays" of Fe just kind of make them go "......". Plus, as Expat mentioned, I was a bit depressed at the time, and was at a sort of crossroads in my life, so I had a lot on my mind. Well, I usually have a lot on my mind anyways but it was particularly true then.

At the time I favored SLE as my self-typing, although Expat gave me a bit to chew on in terms of what he saw as an "Alpha attitude towards Delta parents." I discussed my personal disregard for what appeared to me to be a kind of "worldly morality," feeling responsibility to "do good" in the world, etc, in my parents, saying that, while I am a nice person, rather generous, and have a charitable streak, I don't have the patience or frame of mind for the kinds of things they do, and that, at the core, I see myself living my life for myself above all else, and that it would be dishonest for me to pretend otherwise. What he said about quadra values with regards to this scenario was compelling, but I was still fairly hell-bent on the idea that I was a Beta, purely for subjective reasons that I had sort of "worked into" the framework of Socionics in my mind.

And I do remember that probably the only really awkward thing about our encounter was that I did not understand Expat's sense of humor very well Personally I chalked it up to his accent, despite the fact that his English is otherwise impeccable. I thought he was serious about the Belgian King on the coin (which, in retrospect, is fairly ridiculous ), and at the time I placed a lot of emphasis on picture VI so I think I was sort of simultaneously astounded by the claim and curious as to what his thoughts were on the subject. And I remember the gay bar joke but I myself was feeling exceptionally awkward at that moment so I think I just pretended not to notice; I think I might have been wondering if this was a "Te plan" to get us a good deal on dinner Ahhh god, I used to be so self-conscious.


Re: the laser pointer, I do remember thinking a couple of times, "Holy crap, Expat talks a lot," which was kind of surprising because at first you seemed somewhat shy, but if my vague memory of that particular portion of our meeting serves correctly, I think you were actually talking about Socionics when you pulled out the laser pointer, and I was rather interested in everything you had to say about Socionics.