Who's the black sheep in your family?

writerterri · Jan 17, 2007

In mine family it's me.

Are you shocked?

JDCrayne · Jan 17, 2007

writerterri said:
In mine family it's me.

Are you shocked?

I'd have to know more about your family first....

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 17, 2007

It was my oldest brother. He was into Harleys when only Bad People were into Harleys. Had a ducks-ass hairdo. T-shirt with a cigarette pack rolled up in the sleeve.

I was the spoiled baby brat.

I know you're all surprised.

writerterri · Jan 17, 2007

JDCrayne said:
I'd have to know more about your family first....

But then I'd have to kill you.

Actually, now that I think about it, my cousin who's in jail has taken over that roll for me now. I've never been to jail.

Squeaky clean.

I'll have to pass on my sheep over to her when she gets out.

farfromfearless · Jan 17, 2007

Hmmn, my father is a Protestant evangelist, I converted to Catholicism. He thought Saddam was the anticrhist depicted in revelations and moved my family (who naive enough to believe the same) across the ocean to "escape" him; I thought they were all nutters and disowned the lot of them.

I guess that makes me the black sheep.

writerterri · Jan 17, 2007

farfromfearless said:
Hmmn, my father is a Protestant evangelist, I converted to Catholicism. He thought Saddam was the anticrhist depicted in revelations and moved my family (who naive enough to believe the same) across the ocean to "escape" him; I thought they were all nutters and disowned the lot of them.

I guess that makes me the black sheep.

lol

errr-yep!

Maryn · Jan 17, 2007

When we were growing up, my older sister was the black sheep. My mother wrote her term paper, a requirement for high school graduation, because my sister simply wasn't interested in it. What did interest her was "bad boys" like OFG's brother, sneaking out our bathroom window to be with them, and underage drinking. Nobody finds a bottle in your ice skates--not when you live in southern Arizona.

She became a pretty strict mother who's raised three lovely sons to adulthood, and is an excellent teacher, BTW.

Now I guess I'm the black sheep. A few years ago, I decided I cared much less what strangers thought of me than what I thought of me. So I often dress a little eccentrically, for someone of my advanced years, and allow my odd sense of humor out daily, often in public.

Maryn, ebony sheep

Rolling Thunder · Jan 17, 2007

There are no sheep in my family. Only wolves.

Mom'sWrite · Jan 17, 2007

If by "black sheep" you really mean "hellraiser", then that would be me. I'm gonna have to relinquish the title to my 5 year old daughter soon, something tells me.

TwentyFour · Jan 17, 2007

I was the good one. I made good grades, didn't sneak out (like sis), didn't run off and drink (like sis), and didn't do drugs with much older men (like sis). I am now the one they choose to pick on bec I still live near them and she moved out of state.

kristie911 · Jan 17, 2007

I am. Of course, I'm an only child, so there aren't a lot of choices.

maestrowork · Jan 17, 2007

That would be Dolly. Unfortunately, we had a nice little feast the winter in 1982. She's been missed.

Cat Scratch · Jan 17, 2007

I am. They're all complete geeks, and I'm fantaaaaastic.

Why are you laughing?

kristie911 · Jan 17, 2007

Cat Scratch said:
Why are you laughing?

I'm sorry, we were laughing WITH you, not AT you.

poetinahat · Jan 17, 2007

My strategy was to be the grey sheep and let the black sheep take all the flack.

Jadezuki · Jan 17, 2007

Tiger · Jan 17, 2007

writerterri said:
In mine family it's me.

Are you shocked?

http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb095&pp=ZSYYYYYYYYUS

I'd venture to guess that in a writer's forum there probably are precious few non-black ones...

benbradley · Jan 17, 2007

I could answer this, but I'd rather you read my memoir.

I suppose I should start writing it...

emsuniverse · Jan 17, 2007

I'm employed, and have been for quite some time now. That's more than I can say for my siblings. I'm the black sheep because I'm the responsible one.

southernwriter · Jan 17, 2007

It depends on which of them you ask. They're all saints, of course.

writerterri · Jan 17, 2007

poetinahat said:
My strategy was to be the grey sheep and let the black sheep take all the flack.

I hear that grey sheeps turn black after dark.

Tiger · Jan 18, 2007

Really? I started after 30.

Mandy-Jane · Jan 18, 2007

It's me definitely. I was (and still am) the quiet one; the one who didn't get married and have kids until I was well into my 30's; the one who's a vegetarian; the one who goes to theatre; and of course, the one who writes.

Not that these are bad things - just different to everyone else in my family. God I hated it when they all used to say "Veggies have feelings too. Don't you know they scream when you pull them out of the ground?" I hated that! What's wrong with not eating animals because you don't want to kill them?

Anyway, I think I've strayed off track here. I'll go and eat some veggies.

Unique · Jan 18, 2007

the rest of my family are republicans - :e2shrug:

i'll let you guess and the first two don't count.

>''<

oarsman · Jan 18, 2007

Well, if black sheep means "different", I am definitely the one in my family. My hair and eyes are a different color than all my siblings and my parents. And, I have a big family. I stand out in family pictures. I can't tell you how many times I heard, "you must be the mailman's kid".

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