ESTJ 8w7 Characters

Jen is a very take-charge woman, who struggles mightily to deal with her personal feelings about things. She loves her kids desperately, but finds it hard to connect emotionally to them, or not have too high of expectations for them—a problem unhealthy ETJ parents have when they expect their children to live up to their own high standard of competency. She is very blunt and straightforward and quickly handles problems with pragmatism and realism, from melting evidence or burning it, to burying bodies in the woods. She tends to shut people out of her life who cross or upset her, including Judy for a time, who she also sees as incompetent; she isn’t sure how Judy survives, because she’s so unrealistic about everything. She’s very grounded, but also tied to her personal experiences; when Judy goes through chemotherapy, she is instantly triggered by memories of her mother going through the same thing, and falls into the same supporting role of being there for her, as a good friend, bringing snacks and entertainment. Jen is an excellent sales woman and confident of her ability as a realtor, but struggles to see the bigger picture. She doesn’t have a clue who killed her husband and follows several wrong leads before she is blindsided by the truth that the woman who has wormed her way into Jen’s life is responsible.

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Part of Jen’s problem with life is that she attacks it rather than goes along with it – she is loud, aggressive, and even tries to threaten cops to keep the truth from the authorities when it comes to a murder. Jen tends to alienate people and piss off her neighbors; she has no problem being angry and staying angry, in seeking revenge, and struggles enormously to admit to her more tender feelings. It’s almost impossible for her to admit when she is wrong, and she only forgives people when she sees them as vulnerable and weak and in need of her protection. She refuses to admit to her feelings for a guy, and insists she can go at life alone. Her first impulse with everything is to get mad, and she over-indulges in life; in an attempt to cheer up Judy after her chemotherapy, she eats the magic mushrooms the hospital gave her and then gets rushed to the hospital because she’s convinced she’s having a heart attack. She over-compensates for her sadness at times by drinking or having casual sex, but then “regrets” her mistakes when the consequences arise (she gets pregnant).