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Hi Everyone –

Nightling brought up in another thread that the Myers-Briggs personality test might be a helpful in determining who’s a potentially good match, and who you might want to avoid. Here's the original discussion in the Using eHarmony forum:

http://advice.eharmony.com/boards/da...-thread-2.html (Does the eH matching system look at the right things? (Discussion moved from another thread))

The Myers-Briggs personality test has gained popularity in recent years. Here is a Wikipedia link for more definition of what the Myers-Briggs entails: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What’s your opinion? Do you think that this kind of typology can be helpful in finding a compatible relationship partner?

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Honestly, I prefer the Porgy Test:

- Does your partner know what a Porgy is?

- Are they tasty?

- Do you like them with Beer?

- Are you compatible with the Frog?
 
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eH_Advice_Host_Kate wrote :
Hi Everyone –

Nightling brought up in another thread that the Myers-Briggs personality test might be a helpful in determining who’s a potentially good match, and who you might want to avoid. Here's the original discussion in the Using eHarmony forum:

http://advice.eharmony.com/boards/da...-thread-2.html (Does the eH matching system look at the right things? (Discussion moved from another thread))

The Myers-Briggs personality test has gained popularity in recent years. Here is a Wikipedia link for more definition of what the Myers-Briggs entails: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What’s your opinion? Do you think that this kind of typology can be helpful in finding a compatible relationship partner?

~Kate
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Meyers Briggs in dating was covered extensively on the boards in several different threads about a year ago. I would provide the link to these threads but the search function gives me 27,000+ hits. Maybe you have better search tools for finding these other threads.
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
about a year ago.

Maybe eH admin advice host (etc) Kate would rather put my fine Porgy thready back?
 
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Even in medicine we can see that what can heal one person can have adverse effects on another. So in my opinion this would most likely work for some but not all of the population. As far as my experience using different matching sites, I can tell you that EH & Chemistry did not produce the desired results I was hoping for. At least EH didn't bother me with interests from Christian men (no offense as there are very nice fellows represented here on the boards) as Chemistry does. Fortunately I have finally found someone to communicate with on another site marketed to Muslims. Their method of matching? Throw your profile out there in the sea of matches and provide private e-mail & chat. Not too scientific but it gets the job done

For some reason....I find litmus tests more reliable
 
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Maybe eH admin advice host (etc) Kate would rather put my fine Porgy thready back?
You lost your Porgy thread
 
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Even in medicine we can see that what can heal one person can have adverse effects on another. So in my opinion this would most likely work for some but not all of the population. As far as my experience using different matching sites, I can tell you that EH & Chemistry did not produce the desired results I was hoping for. At least EH didn't bother me with interests from Christian men (no offense as there are very nice fellows represented here on the boards) as Chemistry does. Fortunately I have finally found someone to communicate with on another site marketed to Muslims. Their method of matching? Throw your profile out there in the sea of matches and provide private e-mail & chat. Not too scientific but it gets the job done

For some reason....I find litmus tests more reliable
Well congratulations. First thing you need to do is check if his birth order is compatible with yours.
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
Well congratulations. First thing you need to do is check if his birth order is compatible with yours.
Again with the birth order and here I am wasting my time looking to see if he is a nice stable upright guy....what was I thinking?
 
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I have been familiar with Meyers-Briggs for almost 20 years....its not all that new.

There is a book that tells you what are the best careers for you given your personality.

I believe its shouldbe slightly modified where say you have 4 possibilities instead of 2 in each of the 4 ranges.
 
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People need to be considered from a variety of areas. For instance, suppose two people "like to swim." Now, this can mean anything from doing laps once, or every day, per week, or syncronized teams, or Olympic speed racing, or swimming the English Channel. One may be very competetive, the other just likes to try different challenges. Some competitive people like the challenge, then it's over, leave them alone. Others like hanging around for photos, interviews, all the attention.

As for Myers/Briggs...I am an extrovert, and drive those who prefer silence crazy, while they drive me crazy when they think they have been conversational with two sentences in four hours. The first time my late husband took me out on a date, I kept telling myself to keep quiet, don't ruin everything with unnecessary chatter. After a while, he said, "Why are you so quiet? Say something!" First, I silently thanked God...then I did not shut up for over 40 years. I noticed many eH matches sent to me are "quiet" or explain they really are fun when you get to know them. No chance, unfortunately, as my "unnecessary chatter" would make them run!

More personality information would be very helpful. Maybe opposites can attract out of curiosity, but then the war begins, unless the couple involved is into--as some are--endless conflict.

As for the other factors, as an ENFP (certifiably insane one person exasperatedly stated here about a year ago!), I know I have a quirky personality, and am interested in attracting the few who would enjoy being around me without shooting me.

Further proof: An introvert would have condensed this down into one or two paragraphs with five sentence maximum. Oh, well, you kept reading, didn't you?
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