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This is a discussion on Mundane...people within the INFJ Forum - The Protectors forums, part of the NF's Temperament Forum- The Dreamers category; I feel like kind of a bad person because every time I get to know someone, I end up figuring ...

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    INFJ - The Protectors

    Mundane...people

    I feel like kind of a bad person because every time I get to know someone, I end up figuring them out...and then I get bored with them. Not...bored...but they become predictable. Everyone has so many similarities, and it's only amazing people that I can get along with simply because they are more dynamic. They don't have to party, they just have to be there for me. That's interesting enough.

    People bore me because, I know they aren't going to message me back (and then they don't), I know what they are going to say about themselves. It's just...augh. I don't know, how about you? Do you get along with many people?



    I'm very nice to people, and will never ignore them, but I don't find a passion for boring...mundane people.
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    INFJ - The Protectors

    It seems most people are like that. For some reason I tend to attract interesting people as friends though. I don't get bored at all with those who are my friends. But some people are amusing in the way that they can be so predictable.

    For instance, I make a picture to make fun of something in a sarcastic manner. The person then makes a picture resembling that, but are serious about it and have never seen the picture before.
    If that makes sense.
    Last edited by pajamiez; 05-11-2010 at 05:19 PM.

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    ENFJ - The Givers

    There are a lot of really interesting people out there, you've just gotta find them. It can get discouraging at times, but they are out there, you've just got to put in the effort to get to them.
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    ENTP - The Visionaries

    I find that in a lot of people. Sometimes its just that they feel like they have to behave in a certain way. They way everyone else behaves and thus becomes boring once you've seen it a few dozen times. Here's a conversation example:

    Hi what's your name? ...
    Where are you from?...
    What school do/did you go?
    What are your hobbies?

    After several hundred tries I've learned not to ask these questions even though they ask me. I can map out who you are within 3 questions. Age (which I can guess. leaving 2 questions), going to school, working. if you're 19 going to school and you work, I can pretty much tell you work at starbucks, target, some fast food restaurant, or retail. Don't describe your job to me. Several already have. Same goes with your major in school.

    I like to throw in unique stories about me. It makes them remember me and in turn I try to find the uniqueness in them.

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    Unknown Personality

    I thought people are supposed to be that way and I'm the odd one out.

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    INFJ - The Protectors

    Mannnnn.... are all NFs like this? Sometimes I seriously wonder if I'm an INFJ because more often than not I can't relate to the other INFJs on here. Your statement is kind of vague but from the way I interpret it, I don't have this problem.... I usually find that predictability is something that can be cute and make someone that much more lovable... consistency is how we know we can trust someone. I don't think a person can lack depth unless you look at them in a shallow way. Whether those depths are places you would really want to delve into is a different matter.

    But yeah, I can understand becoming tired from being around people who aren't "amazing." I won't make an effort to be friends with someone unless I think they're really awesome. But when I become friends with someone and "figure them out," I don't get bored of them... as long as they're continuing to grow from the experiences they're having every day, how could they be boring?
    That's just how I see it.
    Last edited by Cumbersaurus; 05-11-2010 at 05:02 PM.
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    INFJ - The Protectors

    Not sure if this is really about being mundane.. You mention them not messaging back, and that all they have to do is be there for you. I think that's a completely different topic..

    I've never found anyone boring. I think it might be since the people I meet often have the same interests me (I meet them through work etc.). And they have different takes on the interests, which I find interesting and it helps me connect with them.

    Quote Originally Posted by xrevolutionx View Post
    Hi what's your name? ...
    Where are you from?...
    What school do/did you go?
    What are your hobbies?
    I actually really like asking these questions. It's to see if we have common grounds
    When there is something similar, I use it as a bridge to something deeper. If I know I will be around them in the next days, sometimes I don't ask any more and just observe them and connect it to what they've told me already. For uniqueness, it's something I never reveal of myself on a first-time meeting, and I usually strike down any attempts at doing that.

    Interesting to see it from an extrovert's perspective
    I don't really know how to deal with some of them, I seem to frustrate them effortlessly
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    INFJ - The Protectors

    I agree with you. I get bored of talking to the same people and its like I'm talking to a robot coz I know exactly what it's gonna say to me depending on what I say!

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    INFJ - The Protectors

    Hmm, not really. I usually tend to get very well along with others. Most people have a lot more to them then what they initally lead you to believe. I think perhaps the problem you are describing is that you find it hard to relate to them, and so you lose interest. Just remember that the fact that someone does not share your interests does not make them mundane, simply different to you. :)

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    INFJ - The Protectors

    I often felt when I'm in a cynical mood, but learned to look past that. The fact is, nobody was boring I was just to stupid to see it.
    I seem to figure out peoples patterns og tendencies, and personality types with somewhat little effort. But even the most predictable of friends have a huge unused potential and past stories, which they have yet to share with me. I love nothing more than watching other people develop their potential and achieve their goals. And that is something you can find and work with in any human being.


 
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