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Emily Gilmore vs Richard Gilmore

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Emily Gilmore

Gilmore Girls

ESTJ The Executive Enneagram 3

Hartford society queen with impossible standards and a surprisingly soft center.

Strengths

  • Organizes any event flawlessly
  • Fiercely committed to family, in her own way
  • Sharp, witty and impossible to fool
  • Reinvents herself when life forces her to

Weak spots

  • Shows love as criticism and control
  • Cares too much about what society thinks
  • Holds others to impossible standards
  • Schemes behind people's backs
  • Rarely admits when she is hurt

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ISTJ

Richard Gilmore

Gilmore Girls

ISTJ The Inspector Enneagram 1

Yale man, insurance executive, and a grandfather who softens one book at a time.

Strengths

  • Dependable, principled and steady under pressure
  • Generous with family, especially with Rory
  • Knows his history, his books and his business
  • Keeps his word once he gives it

Weak spots

  • Rigid about how life should be lived
  • Cannot say he is proud of Lorelai
  • Keeps secrets he considers harmless
  • Lost without his work and routine

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How they compare

They share 3 of the four letters (Sensing, Thinking, Judging).

Where they split: Extraverted (Emily Gilmore) vs Introverted (Richard Gilmore).

On the Enneagram Emily Gilmore is a 3 (The Achiever) and Richard Gilmore is a 1 (The Reformer).

On our profiles they are listed as a good match for each other.

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