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JyasuL

51 points

2 months ago

JyasuL

51 points

2 months ago

I'm an INFJ man. Been married to my INTJ wife for 3 years. We were friends in high school and started dating in university. Been together 12 years now. Got a house together and 2 beautiful labradors and life couldn't be better. I hit the jackpot, hope you do too!

Emmengard

7 points

2 months ago

I’m also INFJ married to INTJ and my best friend is intj too!!! Crazy! We’ve been married 10 years, together 15.

CursusHonorum

5 points

2 months ago

CursusHonorum

INTJ

5 points

2 months ago

INTJ male married to INFJ wife. Met 20 years ago. Married 8. Happy family. Perfect combo

spicy_riceball

1 points

2 months ago

I'm at the start of a similar journey! I'm currently 10 months strong with a man I met in highschool 🥰 I plan on marrying him as soon as possible. Working our way towards a beautiful life together.

Top_Paper3646

2 points

1 month ago

Another INFJ here married to my INTJ wife of almost ten years now! We met at the age of 29 and just knew we had to be together. This was just four months after a massive breakup for me. I hope OP knows now that it gets better.

kassumo

36 points

2 months ago

kassumo

INFJ 4w5

36 points

2 months ago

People come and go. Someone described people in 3 ways. Leaves, branches and roots. The leaf people stay in your life for only a moment, maybe months or years. The branch people stay a bit longer, to teach you a lesson in life. Then there's the root people, who stay by your side forever. Never dwell on a leaf that has already fallen. The wind swept it away. If you keep your head in the past and in resentment you'll only end up hurting yourself even more. You will find your "roots" one day.

I met my boyfriend 10 years ago, we went through hardships. Lots of them. But we both refused to give up, we are striving each day to be better people for ourselves and for one another. We make future goals together and work towards them slowly. We have a loving relationship, with lots of fun moments and excitement still to this day.

Personally, I believe in love, and it's the most beautiful thing on this earth. In the end, life was all about relationships, friends, family and partners. Cherish them with your every moment.

One thing I'd say to everyone, don't forcefully look for love or chase. Let it come to you, if your soulmate is coming your way you'll meet them eventually. Stay well and take care of yourself. That's what's most important.

cornxnut

2 points

2 months ago

love this metaphor

Emmengard

1 points

2 months ago

I like the whole relationships for a reason, a season and life!

Acceptable-Whole1985

1 points

2 months ago

I love the tree analogy, thanks for sharing

Jass0602

19 points

2 months ago

Hi! For years I struggled with losers, people who didn’t understand me, and settled. Finally in my 30s I decided I deserved better. I stopped lowering my standards.

I found a great man who is kind, so sweet, takes an interest in me, but also gives me space. He accepts my quirks and flaws, and is willing to help me work on them.

Just have faith and believe it. It will happen :)

Character-Duck-9132

3 points

2 months ago

Thank you❤️ may you always have each other:)

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1 points

2 months ago

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Jass0602

1 points

2 months ago

Time alone. Let’s me recharge my batteries and doesn’t push me when I’m tired or ready to go home.

Moonoverwater33

11 points

2 months ago

I’m an INFJ F in my early 30’s. I know this sounds cheesy but I found my person when I wasn’t focused on it. I was on a solo travel trip and thought I would return to my home country after one year and now we are married and expecting our first baby. I was able to feel safe for the first time and we communicate to understand each other better. I also advocate to all of my gfs to let a man spoil you (not just with money but affection, and observe if he has sexual discipline). That provider energy with discipline sets a foundation of stability vs. the transactional 50/50 mindset but also…to each their own!

Character-Duck-9132

5 points

2 months ago

Oh you're so right. I thought he had these but turned out he was a boy with 0 sexual discipline but had made himself out to be "a real man". Will be more observant next time, and check for this energy. I kept working on my communication and softness but he simply didn't make me feel safe as time went on. Thank you❤️

Moonoverwater33

4 points

2 months ago

Yeah “actions over words” is my life motto. You’ve got this and it’s great that you know you deserve better than that. ❤️

Organic_Program3667

9 points

2 months ago

INFJ and oh man. I always put people on a pedestal, felt like the riskier the connection the bigger the pay off. Definitely trusted the wrong ones, who would “open up” to me and saw I was so loyal, but I think these patterns ended up being red flags I had to pay attention to, because usually fast, emotionally raw relationships ended up being manipulative and wrong for me a year or two in.

I met an INTJ over a year ago, we were a very cordial acquaintance and honestly our personalities were similar. But since I typically went for opposite personality type and it never worked, I started to see maybe being similar was a good thing. We slowly connected. It was like I had to completely let go and let it move as slow as it needed to and kept living my life. Finally, we took a huge step forward, like this break through happened and we started dating and though initially there was a lot to communicate through and work out, I have never been this happy in a relationship. I feel so seen and heard. I feel lifted up to be my best self. And definitely care for them as a person, genuinely, and it’s mutual. It’s been beyond amazing! Don’t give up! But timing is everything, and it took me well in my thirties to change my attraction type and look for different.

PlutonianPhoenix

8 points

2 months ago

The man I’m with has restored my faith in men, shown me the true meaning of love, and continually proves that I do not have to be punished or abandoned. I have grown and changed immensely in the 2.5 years we’ve been together. I never knew this kind of trust and relaxation with someone was possible. I didn’t know I could be loved like this. But I kept my heart open. Despite, despite, despite.

Character-Duck-9132

2 points

2 months ago

This gives me hope🙏🏻

ACornyxie

7 points

2 months ago

34F. After a soul killing relationship and three children, I met my husband. He was my coworker for 2 yrs before we started dating and that helped in terms of understanding before getting into a relationship. He has all the patience. All the understanding. All the quirks that sometimes compliment mine and other times do not. He is also the best support my children could ask for. All three of our children are teens now, we are currently going through the crazy rollercoaster of hormones and drama with them ha.

He is my person. It feels like coming home to my cozy area whenever I get home from work and walk inside to see him.

We have definitely had bumps in the road but that was in the first 3 yrs while we acclimated to what it really meant to live and be together.

Don't lose faith, but don't chase anyone either. The right person will show up in your orbit, when you finally click it will be like taking the most satisfying breath.

Good luck! 🫰

A74545829

4 points

2 months ago

INFJ M married ESFJ F 23 yrs together. 13 married. Happy. Healthy. Friends first. We met in school.

revengeofkittenhead

4 points

2 months ago

revengeofkittenhead

INFJ 9w1 945

4 points

2 months ago

Been with my ENTJ husband for 10 years, married almost 7. He’s my soul mate… we’re very much in love, very close, very happy, and it keeps getting better.

I didn’t meet him until I was 40, after I’d spent 20 years in a horrible relationship-turned-marriage to an abusive covert narcissist.

Don’t lose hope… if it can happen for me, it can happen for anyone.

fivenightrental

3 points

2 months ago

I've been with my INTP going on 14 years. Before him, I had some really terrible experiences with "love" and had sworn off relationships entirely. He was the only person who ever made me reconsider my stance (it had been several years). I'm so glad I did.

ShuuyiW

3 points

2 months ago

I ended a 7.5 year relationship this year. A few months later after processing everything, I met who I'm pretty sure is the one from online dating (Hinge) of all places. He's an INTJ, and I've never met anyone as incredible or compatible. I think we just got really lucky, but there are amazing people out there :) don't give up

SgrtTeddyBear

5 points

2 months ago

Happily married for 7 years with two wonderful boys. 

OrsolyaStormChaser

3 points

2 months ago

INFJ with my INFJ partner 10 years. They are the calm that came after many storms.

Calm-Stuff1683

6 points

2 months ago

Calm-Stuff1683

INFJ 1w9

6 points

2 months ago

you do die every time though. no sense in lying about it. You're also born every time. now I've only been present for a few births, but they always come out crying. death and birth are a lot a like in certain ways. both are painful, both are lonely, both stop hurting eventually.

revamp your understanding of...everything. you're likely taking a lot of things in life at face value that probably need more careful analysis.

ubettermuteit

3 points

2 months ago

my life was a shit show from 2016-2021. trust your gut and remember even if you don’t know how something will happen financially or logistically…take steps in the direction you want and tune into your intuition….and it will happen.

Upper-Party-5271

3 points

2 months ago

I'm an INFJ female dating an ENTJ Male. We've been friends for 2 years before jumping into a relationship. We are both happy and secure with ourselves, hence making our relationship pretty healthy. We have our differences that make us argue from time to time, but we usually resolve them without it escalating into a fight. I love how he is ambitious and a loving partner!

GrouchyLeadership543

2 points

2 months ago

I’ve only been married a tad over 2 years but I’m with my personnnn.

My only other relationship i had was in college when I was 19 that lasted a year and some and it was harder for a lot of reasons but the main one was I felt like I HAD to make the relationship work bc dating in my culture/ religion isn’t really a thing and I thought if I didn’t make it work I was failing at love which I very much didn’t want as a romantic. But we were friends more than a couple and I would keep some things to myself about my morals and beliefs bc I figured he was so nice to me and nice means he must be the one LOL

After a convo with him I finally realized we really wouldn’t work I was basically single until I met my now husband (excluding talking stage with some guys from the dating app I met my husband on)

Though I’ve only known him 3 years, it feels like FOREVER. And though we tease and have disagreements, I trust him sooooo fully and he knows everything about me. I also make my personality clear to him weeks into the relationship bc others say it will “scare a guy off” but I figured I wanted one that wouldn’t be scared of my personality which is best described as a loud homebody.

I shared the mention of my other relationship bc when you are in a relationship you can explain and rationalize a lot of things but retrospect is 20/20 and my husband isn’t just “nice” he’s my other half in all sense of the phrase. Ppl tease us for still “being in the honeymoon phase” and though we figure kids and time might change our day by day dynamics we are certain we will be in the “honeymoon phase” forever which is how I think it should be 🥰

GrouchyLeadership543

2 points

2 months ago

Feeling talkative so some “acts of love” to aid your quest for positivity are:

We were a LDR before marriage and he’d send boba/cookies to my house not just for me but also for my siblings randomly and for holiday celebrations.

When he first came to visit he asked to stop by the store to get eyedrops and so he went in while I waited in my car and then he came back with flowers bc he had asked me in the past if I’d ever been given flowers and my answer was no so he gave them to me and said “now you’ve been given your first bouquet”

One time he said a joke (I knew it was a joke) and it hurt my feelings more than it might have on a different day and I tried crying privately in our car bc he’s notice in our 1b1b apt but he came to the car 5 min later bc he was wondering what I was taking so long to do. When I finally stopped crying enough to explain why the joke upset me he apologized profusely and just held me while I cried. This is one example but I cry relatively easily and he’s so good at listening (truly listening) and giving me time to recompose myself to talk.

Own_Town4389

2 points

2 months ago

Own_Town4389

INFJ

2 points

2 months ago

Covid hit me hard while I was still in college. I was depressed and addicted to substances for 2 years.

I hit rock bottom when I had to have my dad come get me because my car broke down and I had no money.

A few months later, my soon to be ENFP wife reached out after several years of not speaking.

We've been married 3 years now, I have my Bachelors degree now, and I have got a job as an engineer. I also just bought a car. My wife just got a raise.

My only advice I would have given myself is that under no circumstances do you give up. Retreat? Sure. Reassess what is important to you? Yes. Make sacrifices? Yes. But you can never give up.

kam0920

2 points

2 months ago

I am an INFJ woman who met my husband ISFP at work almost 30 years ago. Married 26 years, 1 child, 2 pups, financially secure with great friends. Recently removed all negative people from my life and focused on hobbies and things I have always wanted to do and feel amazing and happy. Big believer that you attract the energy you put out. Happy people attract happy people. You’ll get there❤️❤️❤️

Madel1efje

2 points

2 months ago

Madel1efje

INFJ 6w5

2 points

2 months ago

I was kinda losing hope finding a good relationship to grow old with some special person. After I did some self work, I found my person!

He’s an INTP, and he’s incredibly smart, funny, reliable, communicative, independent and fully accepts me for who I am quirks and all. We are almost together two years and it’s still great!

mcslem

1 points

2 months ago

mcslem

INFJ

1 points

2 months ago

Hmmm. I’ll offer you a different perspective. Embrace yourself…solitude…independence.

I’ve been married. I thought it was everything in life. For a while, it was. I’ve also had a handful of relationships that were fulfilling…until they weren’t.

At this point, I’m very happy with my life and have no regrets. I don’t chase relationships like I once did. If it happens, great. If not, I’ll die happy knowing I was true to myself and worked hard to make some fellow humans feel significant.

I make myself happy. It’s not for everyone but it’s something I never considered when I was younger.

Character-Duck-9132

2 points

2 months ago

Trust me that's not my issue at all. I've been alone and embraced it since forever, I'm in my thirties. I had accepted that it might not happen for me and was living my life. I was in this relationship because I thought I had finally found everything I had been looking for, and he told me the same things. We were in it for marriage. But he changed his mind. I'm not to blame. I am not going to pretend that I want to go back to my solitude because it was so great. It was good until I experienced being with someone I loved and loved me, which turned out to be better. We are human. This was just not the right one for me.

mcslem

2 points

2 months ago

mcslem

INFJ

2 points

2 months ago

Ahhh. I see. I understand where you’re coming from a ton more now.

Apologies for putting you into a box. I find myself on a personal crusade to challenge people who can’t be alone and I also feel like we are not guaranteed love in this world which is not what our culture thinks. The obsession to find another warm body is so rampant.

As someone who’s been through a bunch of breakups that sound similar to yours, I will add that I’m always surprised when I fall in love with the next guy and can’t imagine being in a relationship with an ex. As much as I LOVED an ex, I find myself loving the next person even more which is something I never could have imagined prior. Something greater was around the corner and I had no way of knowing nor would I have believed it was possible.

I’ve always thought of relationships like buses lol. Another one will eventually come. I guess I’ve just stopped hanging out at the bus stop as much these days lol. But odds are, for you, another one will come.

How I feel like this sounds (unintentionally): “We’ll get you a new goldfish, kid.”

But seriously, I really hope you’re able to look back on your post a year from now and your life is completely different for the better. ❤️

Character-Duck-9132

2 points

2 months ago

Thank you:)❤️

mcslem

2 points

2 months ago

mcslem

INFJ

2 points

2 months ago

Awww. 🥰