So I have a question for all of my NJ cousins here: How do you react to being patronized?
In my time studying and discussing Myers Briggs, when it comes to INFJs I often hear that they are "cute", "cuddly", "brooding", and "sweet". Some of these have a traditionally positive connotations, some could be interpreted as condescending and offensive. How do you feel about this stereotype? Do you laugh it off, feeling that it is more a misunderstanding on the interpreter's part? Or do you take it as a subtle jab? Or do you just fly off the handle and begin plotting ways to destroy them?
I'm quite fond of the INFJs in my life, and that's why I ask. As a fellow NJ, I cannot imagine you would take it too lightly, but then again, we are fairly different personalities. I personally don't take too kindly to being stereotyped in general, especially as a delusional megalomaniac, which seems to be the standard for my type. However I do not let it phase me, since I view it as an error on someone else's part.
How about in relation to being patronized in other aspects of your life? Do you take it more or less personally, than say, someone you don't respect patronizing you? Which one do you take more personally: done to you by people you don't respect, or done by people you do not know?
In my time studying and discussing Myers Briggs, when it comes to INFJs I often hear that they are "cute", "cuddly", "brooding", and "sweet". Some of these have a traditionally positive connotations, some could be interpreted as condescending and offensive. How do you feel about this stereotype? Do you laugh it off, feeling that it is more a misunderstanding on the interpreter's part? Or do you take it as a subtle jab? Or do you just fly off the handle and begin plotting ways to destroy them?
I'm quite fond of the INFJs in my life, and that's why I ask. As a fellow NJ, I cannot imagine you would take it too lightly, but then again, we are fairly different personalities. I personally don't take too kindly to being stereotyped in general, especially as a delusional megalomaniac, which seems to be the standard for my type. However I do not let it phase me, since I view it as an error on someone else's part.
How about in relation to being patronized in other aspects of your life? Do you take it more or less personally, than say, someone you don't respect patronizing you? Which one do you take more personally: done to you by people you don't respect, or done by people you do not know?