Oh, sounds like a challenge! Do it! Let us know how it goes
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Oh, sounds like a challenge! Do it! Let us know how it goes

Fuck them.
I think I have had a wife and a girlfriend who are INFP's. Both ex's.
Next question.
Well, it would still be fun to "accidentally" rewire the Tilt-a-Whirl to twice the normal speed, rampage through the circus as insane clownss and insert custom demotivational fortunes in the weight and fortune machines just to snicker at the reactions, no?
Arguments: Yup.
I don't think any coupling between different types is really doomed by definition. It can work out.
Going into both relationships I saw an opportunity to develop my feeling, compassion, emotionality, that sort of thing. Which should have been the first clue that it wasn't going to work out. There was a "reason" to be together. Rationalizations like that aren't enough, though it was beautiful for a while.
I think NT's can fake the feeling part to keep the NF's happy for a while. But that gets old and the NF's see through it. When faking it becomes too difficult for the NT's there's a breakdown and the NT's can seem really "mean" and heartless to the NF's who don't need to fake it.
Well, that's a huge mistake right there, imo, and obviously you realize it as well. Faking feeling is always going to blow up. The NFs I have known are fully capable of accepting a person as they are, so long as they are genuine. They do see through facades, eventually. They'd rather have genuine affection, even if minimal, than forced affection.
Some NFs have an insecurity about the relationship that they express strongly to you, perhaps that's why you felt you had to force it to keep them "happy." It's better, imo, to be yourself and communicate rationally about their fears, and the earlier in the relationship, the better. It can be hard for them to understand, but in my experience, they eventually appreciate this deeply. Use your strengths, not your weaknesses. When Fe does show up, give it freely.
Female ENTP here.
One of my best female friends is INFP, but she straddles the INTP line which makes her very harsh at times, I think. At least I believe that's what accounts for her arbitrary harshness; it often coincides with her emotional times, though, so I'm not entirely sure.
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