They differ on 3 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Regular hours
At the sound of keys it runs to the door and follows you in, rubbing against your legs. When the family gathers in the living room, it squeezes onto the sofa too. It asks to be petted at about the same times each day and plays the same few games.
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Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Stays close · Goes with the moment
It often hides behind the curtain and pops out when a paper bag rustles. After playing, it loops back to your legs, rubs against you once and wanders off again. When it sleeps and when it plays depends on the day.
Read the type guide · INFPOn these dimensions the two type descriptions lean the same way. Similar habits can mean easy company, and also wanting the same spot at the same time.
You open the door and it is at your ankles, winding around them with its tail up.
After a wander it loops back to you and presses its cheek into your hand.
They may want the same lap. Sit where there is room on both sides, give each cat some time with you on its own, and pause the petting now and then so either one can leave.
On these dimensions the descriptions lean in opposite directions. A difference is not a problem; it shows where each cat may need a choice of its own.
With the family sitting on the living-room rug, it settles in the middle of everyone.
It watches the trees from behind the curtain, where nobody walks past.
Their days may cross only now and then, and that is fine. Keep a resting place the quieter cat can reach without passing through the busy part of the home, and let the more social one come to you for company.
The evening game is the one it knows: you roll the cloth ball and it trots along behind.
A sheet of packing paper is today’s find: it steps in, listens to the rustle and tries another fold.
A new toy may interest only one of them. Bring new things in without taking the old ones away, and let the more cautious cat watch from a distance for as long as it likes.
It curls up in its corner of the sofa beside whoever is sitting there, as it does every night.
It dozes off on the round rug when it gets sleepy, whatever the clock says.
One cat’s playtime may be the other’s nap. Keep the routine steady for the cat that relies on it, and offer the other a short game somewhere else when it gets going at an odd hour.
These steps are the same for any two cats, whatever their types. Go at the pace of the less comfortable cat.
This compares type descriptions for fun. How two cats actually get along depends on each cat and their home. How it works
