Cross out "Susannah". Insert "Suzanne"

You are welcome to disagree -- I can hardly prevent it. However, type experts generally agree that you do NOT change your type code. So if you're going to use this model and employ the codes, it might be worthwhile to Get It Right. Otherwise it's like claiming to be Catholic AND espousing Buddhist philosophies. It may work for you personally, but it isn't in integrity with *either* philosophy per se. (I realize that metaphor may not be ideal, but I'm not spending a lot of my time on this, to tell you the truth.)

Of COURSE your pattern looks different across all the seasons of life. After all, the original book title was "Psychological Types: a Theory of Individuation." It's all about individuating, developing. The distinction is that we develop *according* to our natural pattern. We don't jump ship and become "a different kind of tree" halfway through our lives.

And if we could -- well, frankly, what would be the POINT? If we can just change types at the drop of the hat, then I've completely lost interest in the whole notion. Let's just go play foosball instead.

For the record, the "test" does not assign you your type pattern -- all it does it reflect your particular understanding of yourself at that point in time. I think it's safe to say that your understanding of yourself has changed dramatically over the years, from when you perhaps once wanted a pony more than ANYTHING in the world. (What a shock it would be to wake up a find a pony standing in your front yard today, a present just waiting for you. ;-D)

Type is not a model of limitations, however -- it's about *preferences*. As a matter of fact, INFPs and INTJs share the Te <----> Fi axis, so it's quite common for them to mis-type as one another. They have a great deal in common. (I personally look to the Temperament model for understanding which is the better fit in most cases.) Many INFPs (for instance) are sooooo aspirational in their use of Te that they believe themselves to have INTJ preferences. I've met a number of those. (I'm not suggesting that's true for you -- I'm just noting that it isn't as rare as one might think.)

The fact is, I don't have the hours and hours of time needed to give you an advanced level course in type theory. You are welcome to take an MBTI qualifying program in order to grasp these basics. That's not my job here.

I don't know you, and you don't know me -- and I'm not interested in being "the bad guy" because I have 11 years of working with this model and have been trained in what "the rules are" for employing the model(s). Truthfully.... I'd rather you read up on the theory elsewhere and get to know it better before you start pronouncing me and my metaphor as being "wrong." I don't think it's fair that I have to "teach you" where the gaps in your knowledge are before we can have a discussion around best-fit type and what "preferences" really are. (I normally get paid to do that.) Is that a reasonable request to make of an INTJ?

Of course, if you do have INFP preferences, this will likely trigger an ad hominem attack since it will threaten your values. So even how you respond will give us some insights about which best-fit pattern is truly yours. ;-D