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November 19, 2003
coup d'extrovert..
"Your boyfriend is an introvert. He will always be an introvert. You are an extrovert and will always be same. And when introverts and extroverts try to behave against type, only one group is going to sweat through its clothes."
i came across this quote while readin a column called "tell me about it" which offers relationship advice for singles. and yes, thank you--esther and i are doin fine (haha). ive followed this column since its inception sometime in the 90s in the washington post. and i enjoy readin it cuz it gives me the voyeuristic pleasure of seein wut other people think and experience out there..
but gettin back, i was taken by the quote above cuz it describes somethin i agree is true in this world (and explicated in this article)--that when push comes to shove, it is often the introverts who get run over. and of course, for obvious reasons..
yeah, we dont live in a fair world so someone is always and should receive the short end of the stick. but how often extroverts are actually aware of their inadvertent suppression of introverts? true, introverts also fail to recognize their/our own selfish wants supercedin others'. but nonetheless, i think the scales are tipped more heavily towards the other side..
more than wantin this "injustice" =) made right, i just wanted to write about it cuz i thought it is so wonderfully fascinatin that such a dynamic exists between the dichotomous personality types..
Posted by chars at November 19, 2003 05:58 PM