Quiz: Find Your Ideal Partner’s Personality Type
Love Styles Personality Quiz
One of the questions that I’m asked the most as an MBTI® practitioner is whether there’s an ideal match for each personality type. While surveys show that certain types favor certain other types, these stats aren’t always 100% accurate. With that in mind, I created a quiz that can help you narrow down the type preferences of the person you’re looking for in a relationship. You can take a look at the quiz above.
Keep in mind, what you want in a partner can change depending on where you’re at in life, your environment, your values, and your own personal quirks. This quiz shouldn’t define whether your current relationship will or won’t work. No single personality type is the ‘magic partner’ you need to fix everything in life.
Don’t Use This Test to Make or Break a Relationship
In fact, it’s possible that on the quiz you’ll get the personality type of someone else besides the person you’re married to or dating. That doesn’t mean your relationship is broken! I personally got an INFP as my ideal match and I’m married to an ESTP. Does this mean I should ditch my relationship? No! But it does mean that maybe I need a little more INFP qualities in my life, perhaps through friendships, family members, or even exploring their particular parts of myself that I haven’t as yet spent a lot of time on.
Many of us are drawn to different personality types at different chapters of our lives. If you look back on your life I’m sure you can see this evolution over time (unless you’re young and haven’t gone through this, yet). There may be certain characteristics that are constant; you’ve always wanted them. But there may be some that change; perhaps you thought you liked shy, quiet people for a time, but now you realize you’re more comfortable with talkative extroverts, as an example. It’s totally normal to adjust your “ideal” type based on life experiences and learning. At the same time, it’s totally normal to have a successful relationship with someone who shows you the warmer, more intimate or secret side of themselves while they reveal a different demeanor to the rest of the world. For example, an ENTJ may be brusque, direct, and all about business at work but may show their partner a more sensitive, tender, and warm-hearted side.
People have many sides to themselves, and they often show up differently in relationships than they do in any other context. Logical thinking types may reveal a more tender, emotional side and Perceivers, who are typically laid-back and flexible, may prefer more structured relationships. Every individual is unique and has their own story that they bring to the relationship!
The quiz is meant to be fun, and I hope it is enjoyable for you! But take it with an open mind and let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions or insights in the comments! This is a new questionnaire so I’m going to keep perfecting it over time as I get feedback from people like you.
You might also like our other quizzes:
Psychology Junkie Personality Quiz
Children’s Myers and Briggs Themed Personality Quiz
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Well, I guess I picked the right guy. I’m and ENFP and he’s and INTP. I suppose it makes sense that my test would come out like this since we’ve been together for over 31 years now.
This quiz was fun! I would love a quiz for an ideal friend instead of a romantic partner.
Nice to see that you have developed a new questionnaire. Surprisingly, I got my own type: ENTJ. My wife is ESFJ (super ego). The thing is that I have a strong distaste for white lies. It is better to tell the truth, even in case we do not like it or if it hurts our pride. Anyway, logically it makes more sense to have a partner who does not share the same type. Complementing each other and being each other’s path to growth seems far more natural when your preferences and abilities differ.
That was fun! I’m so much more appreciative of the amazing path my life took when I (isfj) fell in love with my infj husband for 12 years now. If you tread your life and relationships considering only what you think you need, you’ll miss out soo much in terms of growth and happiness. Thank you Susan!