So I’m curious how other INFP react when they have their personal space invaded.
Here’s my situation. I have a friend/acquaintance who is very actively in many of the same theatre ventures as I am, and recently within the past 3 weeks has been dealing with a divorce. At the time of his making this information public, I sent him a sympathetic message saying, look I realize this is a rough time if you need a place to crash for a bit to get your head in the right place, let me know. Anyway a few weeks have gone by and now he’s asking about this offer.
Of course I have also been burning the candle on both ends for 2 months straight now between the two shows I’ve been involved in, so part of me is looking forward to just a little down time to recharge. (And as I’m INFP that means being alone).
Here’s the rub, I’m not going to turn him down. I know he’s going through a lot of pain right now, so he’ll be moving into my apartment today, for a month or two. (When I agreed to let him stay, I made it clear I wasn’t looking for a long-term roommate, and a month or two was tops.)
All this is fine, but I’m worried that I’m going to begrudge him this favour in the end. And I think it’s just because of the stress I’m trying to deal wind down from and how tired I am right now. Anyway, I know I’m being irrational, so I’m trying to talk myself out of these feelings, or at least to recognize them and then move past them.
Has anyone else ever had an experience like this? Where they’ve had to give up their solitary spaces for a period of time? How did you react to this?
Here’s my situation. I have a friend/acquaintance who is very actively in many of the same theatre ventures as I am, and recently within the past 3 weeks has been dealing with a divorce. At the time of his making this information public, I sent him a sympathetic message saying, look I realize this is a rough time if you need a place to crash for a bit to get your head in the right place, let me know. Anyway a few weeks have gone by and now he’s asking about this offer.
Of course I have also been burning the candle on both ends for 2 months straight now between the two shows I’ve been involved in, so part of me is looking forward to just a little down time to recharge. (And as I’m INFP that means being alone).
Here’s the rub, I’m not going to turn him down. I know he’s going through a lot of pain right now, so he’ll be moving into my apartment today, for a month or two. (When I agreed to let him stay, I made it clear I wasn’t looking for a long-term roommate, and a month or two was tops.)
All this is fine, but I’m worried that I’m going to begrudge him this favour in the end. And I think it’s just because of the stress I’m trying to deal wind down from and how tired I am right now. Anyway, I know I’m being irrational, so I’m trying to talk myself out of these feelings, or at least to recognize them and then move past them.
Has anyone else ever had an experience like this? Where they’ve had to give up their solitary spaces for a period of time? How did you react to this?