Quote Originally Posted by lemontrees View Post
aw.

i dunno, i've just seen the SLE/ESI combo around. my ESI friends happen to be super interesting, but probably still an awful choice for an SLE. i dunno... talk to them lots until it sticks? they might be endeared by your efforts. it's so easy for me to be friends with SLEs, they basically like people who are a bit quiet, smile a lot, and look helpless
Oops, accidentally I clicked on "constructive" for this post, but I wanted to "like" it. >_<

Yeah, I have observed the same, haha. ESI and IEI can look very similar on the outside, especially because both have got the same "Sincere" Communication Style, they both value Se, both can appear shy, both tend to be elegant, and the ESI can appear Victim:
[Aggressors] [c]an have a very victim-like look using indirect methods to control others and turning aggressive when they refuse to submit.
I suppose the same applies to the SEI, who can also appear very similar to an IEI based on most of the same reasons.
All in all, it really could be simply a numbers' game. More ESI and SEI girls around, more ESI/SEI-SLE couples.