Have you ever felt like black sheep in the family?

On my dads side of the family I would consider myself to be the black sheep. I will always be that way, I just don't care anymore. I am who I am and they can accept me or not. They are still family, I will always love them, doesn't mean I have to be just like them.

I am beginning to think that most people are black sheep, but it does build character, at least it did in my case. Some people think I am quite a character, lol. Then, too, there is a difference between feeling like a black sheep and being one. When I left home I was only 17 and it was rough going but the only sane choice. Not too long after that (as soon as it was possible), I left the areas where I was born and raised and put as many miles between that place and myself as possible. One does one's best to be independent and live one's own life, but while our parents are alive they still have some influence, even if they are far away. For some people the influence remains long after they are gone. If your parents are nice people who do their best to be good parents and love you, the influence can be good. But if they are twisted, and mine were, then it is best to go away and have a fresh start somewhere new.

That is really terrible that they had such a problem with you leaving and living in a different city. You have your own life, and I would think that parents would want their children to do that. I am a black sheep. My sister called me that once, but I had been thinking of myself as that for years. I am just not like my family. It's absolutely amazing how my parents and sister are so different from me.

I don't have such a feeling at all. I have been very helpful to my family. All of my family love me very much like the way I love them.

Yes, sometime, especially when there is a family reunion ans I can not go, because I live out of the country!