r/entp

Every other post on this subreddit is discussing the ENTP-INFJ compatibility. There are other fishes in the sea, so why do you all want INFJs? From a type that is Ne dom, I would expect more variety, not a singular choice.

Why is it this way anyway? Where did the ENTP/INFJ trend start and why do you seem CONVINCED that this is the best pair for you? Like what if actually isn't in reality? What if it's just theory and reality has other better options for you?

I’m curious about how other ENTPs in a relationship perceive friendship with the opposite sex and whether they allow this with their partner/so?
Platonic friendship (not unrequited love or fwb) where there is frequent interaction and I’m not talking about mutual friends, just someone your so talks to often and you’re not involved. Is this “daily presence” possible for you, have you encountered any particular issues? Has your partner expressed any reservations and if so what compromise did you reach?

I befriend guys easily and this seems common for ENTP women. But several guys have explained to me that straight men don’t become close friends with women unless they somehow have an interest or feelings for them (whether consciously or not). I know there are exceptions but knowing this could very well be “the rule” has obviously caused me to reconsider my opinion. My INTP ex saw absolutely nothing wrong with this but I’ll have to say he was also poly and some of these friendships led to sex indeed 🥲
My current ENTJ so has a strong opinion about this saying there’s absolutely zero reason for a straight man to befriend a woman, that he’d never put himself in a friend zone situation.

Thoughts?

Idk what I am

so like, 2 people I know told me they think I am ENTP. They often say I use Ne

I was like scrolling posts here for a few hours or like the last few days and tried to look up posts from other mistypes but couldn't really find people with similar experience and people also didn't really understand why unless they were unhealthy

I was hoping to find some posts or something I can relate to but it feels like I don't belong anywhere

maybe I am just neither but a massive larper and a weirdo

And none of them are permanent, either! I think this genuinely makes people view me as an unlikeable person, because I have no qualms about sharing opinions and tend to frame them quite confidently. But in doing so I'm *welcoming* some pushback!! Every opinion I hold is a conclusion I've drawn based on MY subjective observations--not complete, not infallible, just something I've noticed with the information I have available. I'm completely wrong about many, many things and just wish people would understand that I have no dog in any "fight" I pick.

I get called argumentative and arrogant and stubborn but I really, truly, just do not care about anything I say. It all primarily functions as a free pass for whoever I'm talking to to give me some new evidence. I'm basically the epitome of that "change my mind" meme and I just want people to get that instead of instantly writing me off because I shared a controversial and/or completely off-the-mark fleeting thought.

I'm not a disagreeable person. I don't go out of my way to offend people. I probably am bad with social awareness and know I'm more than half the problem but, god, I just really want people to stop taking my words for gospel representative of stubborn beliefs I have some kind of emotional stake in. I do not care!!!

I love talking to people, and this makes it unnecessarily difficult and oftentimes lonely af.

LOL weird question I know. The thing is, I'm a private English tutor to a 9 year old ENTP girl (Everything about her screams ENTP. I can just tell. Her Ne is off the roof and there's no shadow of a doubt that she's a logical thinker and has little to no feeler blood in her lol. She's been an avid reader since she was 6 years old; she's SO intelligent. I'm blown away honestly. Her level of comprehension, curiosity and wit is out of this world. Anyway, I'm an INFJ and we also get along SUPERB like the popular matching says. Our humor's very similar and we just can talk and talk forever), and ever since I knew her 3 years ago, she would always insinuate that boys are a nuisance and she shows zero interest in boys. As far as I remember, my ENTP brother also didn't really particularly care much about girls up till like... high school. I'm also reminded of another girl I knew when I was a kid whom I'm pretty sure was an ENTP, and she was also mostly just full of confidence, top of her class and doing her own thing.

You see.. this is the complete opposite of ME as a kid. I remember having a million innocent crushes ever since in kindergarten, including teachers (all before high school)! Heck, I had a crush on a boy in my class and for this little class party we had, we could choose a boy to have us kiss us on the cheek, and I chose HIM HAHA. I still have that photo! I was 5.

So yeah, is this a feeler, thinker difference type of thing???? What're your guys' experience?

just randomly got blocked by gf of 4 yrs and figured out she went on a date in a span of 2 days, wtf?

What do y’all do when y’all go trough shit like this?
What cheers y’all up?
And this is a genuine question, my Fi blindness makes my relationship to my emotions very weird and I had the pleasure/displeasure of not experiencing anything like this until now at 21

I genuinely hate having almost no Fi. I feel like I don't know myself, so I struggle with having long-term goals. Does anyone else struggle with the same?

I don't know how to describe myself, never did. Even the people around me would describe me very differently from each other.

It also takes me an embarrasingly long amount of time to understand how I feel about certain things. It's like I can just...change how I feel about things in an instant? But then have I ever ACTUALLY felt that way? An example for that would be never holding grudges. I literally cannot bring myself to care after a while if that makes sense?

or talk about my theories i have about life and how things work or how they could work, i guess i admire the ENTP wit and their extensive ideas, i guess i have similar maybe but they are probably not as weird or complex as a lot of ENTPs i've seen have....

so basically, how do i spot one in the wild?!!! where do yall spend your time? i mean i guess it could be at home researching or making smothering or will they spot me first *cry emoji* (keyboard problems bru)

or maybe someone to talk to here!

He literally is what i picture a lot of ENTPs, the more extroverted ones, they are types i want to follow around hehe. Im aware of more chill ENTPs too but he is my favvv

My boyfriend is an ENTP and I'm an INTJ. We're opposite in lifestyle, examples:

• I wake up at 5am and sleep at 9pm. He sleeps at 1 am and wakes up at 9am, or just pulls all nighters then takes a lot naps.

• I'm organized, like to plan out logistics, do things on time, research before making a decision. He does everything last minute and is much more spontaneous. Sometimes this causes a lot of wasted time and money.

How do I adjust to our differences?