My closest friend is an INTJ. We get along well in the sense that we have very meaningful conversations and share many interests.
He gets something from the friendship in the sense that I am pretty meek and flexible and easily agree with his strong opinions. So I guess I am a good audience for him.
I get something from the friendship in the sense that he is possibly the person who understands me the best. Even though he doesn't share my "Feeling" side at all, he understands it well.
However, I do feel somewhat "asphyxiated" when I spend time exclusively in his company for long periods of time, since he is such an un-emotional person. Especially when he gets stressed out, in a bad mood, he becomes very negative and he criticizes everything (and contradicts every single statement that comes out of my mouth), it gets quite unpleasant for me. In those times, I prefer the company of people whom I can have a friendlier rapport with, even if they don't understand me as well as he does.
He gets something from the friendship in the sense that I am pretty meek and flexible and easily agree with his strong opinions. So I guess I am a good audience for him.
I get something from the friendship in the sense that he is possibly the person who understands me the best. Even though he doesn't share my "Feeling" side at all, he understands it well.
However, I do feel somewhat "asphyxiated" when I spend time exclusively in his company for long periods of time, since he is such an un-emotional person. Especially when he gets stressed out, in a bad mood, he becomes very negative and he criticizes everything (and contradicts every single statement that comes out of my mouth), it gets quite unpleasant for me. In those times, I prefer the company of people whom I can have a friendlier rapport with, even if they don't understand me as well as he does.