what makes a child become a black sheep of the family?

**Sally** · 06-04-2009, 05:47 PM

I was never the conventional, bubbly socialite my mother and step-father so desperately wanted me to be. I tried for about five years to zombify myself in a lavish house, but the anesthetized suburban existence didn't agree with me. I know firsthand (as trite as it sounds) that money does not buy happiness. Frankly, I'm happier now, and I have next to nothing.

Also, I am too perversely stubborn and too Catholic for my family, but they no longer have to concern themselves with me. I am thousands of miles away, and I have no intention of returning. Ever.

**Barreldriver** · 06-04-2009, 05:57 PM

I guess I'm lucky in my situation, I'm still a black sheep, but it's not rubbed in my face anymore, my behavior's have become known and tolerated as long as I don't cause trouble for the kin. I still want to be a part of my family, family is very important to me, but I still want my "distance".

**~~Æmeric~~** · 06-04-2009, 06:27 PM

It would be very hard to become a blacksheep in my family what with some of the things some people have done & yet are not ostracized. My political & social views bring me the closest to being blacksheeped.