Re: fours as aliens

Posted by heatherb on September 20, 2000 at 10:58:20:

In Reply to: Re: fours as aliens posted by Susan on September 20, 2000 at 10:20:39:

: : I have noticed in my own case, and many other fours I know, that they seem utterly unlike the rest of their family members. It seems weird to me that I should end up so different (in terms of my values, focus, direction, likes, dislikes, loves, passions...) from the people with whom I spent my first seventeen years. I see this with other four friends too. Does everyone have this experience? Is it just obvious since we're all so "special"? Maybe this is redundant to post on the four board. Hmmmm.

: I was/and still am very connected to my family. I have to admit though that I think my mom(infp), dad(infj?), sister(enfp), and brother(infj) are all NFs (NFness a genetic disorder? Hmmm..?)..... so what was really weird for me was enncountering the rest of the world. I always felt dramatically different from most of my friends.

: -Susan

That sounds more like my situation. In my family we are very close, we talk about everything, are all very tolerant and simply interested in new things... My dad is a 4, my mom is a 2, and my sister, I'm not really sure, because she is so perfect in everything, but with no pretentions, that I can't type her...! She is more like my mom, so perhaps she's a two too :)
Anyhow, we've never had any personality conflicts at home...
But outside, with the rest of the world, that's where I feel completely strange and different... I mean, I DO feel different from my family members, there are always *things* that I see that they don't "get" or that they don't seem to understand about me... but I don't feel out of place with them as much as I do "in the real world".

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