Quote Originally Posted by SheWolf View Post
This genuinely makes me wonder if I lean ESI...
It should not be that difficult, but talking to ILIs online isn't really 'short psychological distance', especially for Fi ego types, that need to be in other people's physical presence to be able to make an 'intuïtive' judgement. But once you meet ILIs irl, the dynamics will demonstrate themselves soon enough. An ESI will most likely not only be highly angered by ILIs perceived passive/aggresiveness, but also by their own 'cruel' behavior: when closely interacting with ILIs, ESIs might transgress their own well-defined boundaries, and they will actually start feeling bad about themselves. No such thing happens with SEEs: it's not that they can deal with being 'cruel' better, but in the interactions with their dual, the passive-aggressiveness is actually reduced from the outset. An SEE doesn't have to do anything out of the ordinary to accomplish that.