I'm similar to that but my mom always told me that if every child could be guaranteed to act the same way I did, she'd have 100. lol
I think this is what makes the whole thing so fascinating to me. From what I've read, ISFJ's are probably the most well-behaved children of all types. I know I was in school, but I have a hard time remembering how I was with my parents.
But it's interesting...I was asking my mom about it, and she said from even age 2 she could tell the difference between the way I acted and the way my brothers did. My oldest brother is ENTJ and the other I think is ENFP. But if I ever had doubts that personality type wasn't in-born, that dispelled them...she talked about how I was so content to play with myself and that I liked to organize and line up cars and things like that.
So it's almost ironic that the most well-behaved type little kid is the one who felt like he was a problem.
Makes sense, though...I think that's something ISFJ's tend to do, or at least I know I do. I just think it's interesting how I've done that all of my life.
floryshe said:
but yeah.. I've never really felt comfortable about looking at old baby pictures or even discussing my childhood.
Yeah, that's the way I've always felt, but I have to admit that I really enjoyed doing it with my mom yesterday. I think it helps for me when it's just one-on-one and with someone I'm really comfortable with. I always really hated talking about it in groups of people, whereas it seems like other people a lot of times just loved talking about what they were like as kids and telling stories about it.
I do think part of it is being male as well, since we're not quite as interested in babies on average.
floryshe said:
Oh and about the 'isfjs are supposed to be nurturers' thing, I've never really thought of myself as a nurturer.. more as a.. good natured realist :wink: anyway, toodles!
Yeah, like I said, I can't help but think gender plays into that some too.
floryshe said:
I'm also the youngest of 3 children, interesting. Although, most of my siblings were much older than me and they were never really around. I have older parents, my moms in her mid 50s and I've just turned 21. I believe my oldest sister is in her late 30s. (I'm horrible at keeping track of birthdays, is that an ISFJ trait? No? lol)
First off, that is an interesting coincidence. I actually have three half-sisters on my dad's side, too, and they're all much older than me. I think the oldest is 15 years older than me, the next about 13 years older, and the last 11 years older. My half-brother on my mom's side is 9 years older, and my full brother is about a year and a half older.
But growing up I only saw my sisters a few times a year, and now I only see them about once every two years. I see my half-brother only about once or twice a year.
My parents are older too...my dad was 43 when I was born and my mom was 36 when I was born.
Also, I have trouble remembering my sisters' birthdays too, but I think that's just because we never see each other.
