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About Me — Adam Kuper
Neither an Emmy-nominated, nor New York Times-bestselling author divulging his best, but likely your worst, relationship & life advice.
I’m an INTJ.
It doesn’t mean I’m a cold weirdo, like I have social skills and stuff, just that I should probably get a dog. But, because I don’t yet own a French Bulldog, a “Frenchie,” I engage with the Mouth Breathers. I have to.
Because I have to, I give out f*cks like hall passes. We all do. We’re human, social creatures by nature. We all want to be liked, and further, to be loved. That goes for everyone, no matter who you are.
So, whether you accord with the majority, or rebel with the minority, we share a proclivity to group. And while the initial want is to be liked, the true satisfaction comes in being understood. Why?
Because like you, I cannot and never will truly understand myself. If I did, I’d have a purpose. And trust me, I try to explain my existence, but the question is eternal and its answer forever evasive.
I continue spending precious time entertaining a vague and constant desire for something that might not exist, just to realize time is passing me by without a f*ck to give. The harder I try to know, to understand, the further down the…