Me. I'm the "religious" one...LOLOL

They follow you around to make sure you're under the same black cloud as they are.

That person just has no regards for what family stands for. They go against all the rules. It is like there is no feelings for our concerns as to what that person does in his/her life.

My familys black sheep lives about 2 states over from my mother and she never calls and when she does its usually a pack of lies or shes bragging about some guy shes met. She has been in and out of jail for whatever reason...no one is actually sure why she was there. She just has no regard for others and is only concerned with herself.

There are two black sheep in my family. Myself, and my rather eccentric Great Aunt Katy. I'm a black sheep because almost my entire extended family are extroverted, overly chipper arts and crafts enthusiasts, who are always flinging themselves into things, while I just sort of sit by and watch. As for my Aunt... She's just a very strange woman. No one is quite sure how she's related to us, but the general consensus in the family is that she's the widow of one of my grandfather's estranged brothers. She lives alone in a little house full of random junk which she seems to change out on a rotating cycle, because there's always something new lying in her living room floor every time I come to visit. She's a small, quiet type of person, the kind who just seems to blend in with the furniture. But at the same time, she tends to be very warm and talkative,(When anyone makes the effort to talk to her, which isn't often.) and she's the only family member I have left who I can actually say I get along with.

I used to be the TERROR black sheep, but I settled down quite a bit. I have "normal" interests now.

My second son is totally self-absorbed. He does what he wants when he wants, with no regard for anyone else's plans. He ignores birthdays, christmases etc and thinks his friends are much more important than his family. He thinks the law is only for everyone else, and that the world owes him something. Needless to say, we are estranged.

They have their own mind, own life and they don't obey what their other siblings tell them.

The "black sheep', where I'm from ( I'm sure I qualify as one) seem to be those who don't live within the confines of the "the family's" official reality. Black sheep offenses include, but are not confined to: *Marrying someone "The family" doesn't "like". *Having a baby out of wedlock. *Being ANY sexuality other than heterosexual *Changing or ceasing affiliation with "the family" religion *Selling or using drugs (often alcohol and cigarette addictions are excused as black sheep offenses) Black sheep offenses can sometimes be forgiven if the black sheep demonstrates some formal and public show of repentance and intention to make amends.

im the black sheep and what makes me the black sheep is that i have a tendency to think for my self up hold my own opinnion and defend people that cant defend them selves while the rest of my dads family bullies them. in shot its cuz im a half way decent person

Not being Catholic, not drinking every chance you get, not eating Cajun food, and not thinking that sitting outside in 95 degree weather talking about how hot it is and not going inside where the air conditioner is on is stupid.

Me, because I'm the musical freak- Always been into rock n roll, guitars and over-done hair. They're more the acadmic kind.

We don't have a black sheep. But we do have that classic American dysfunctional family where one of the kids were severely neglected. He craved the love, guidance and mentorship that just was'nt a part of mom and dads repertoire. Instead it was alcohol, partying and drinking because they got pregnant too soon and still wanted to sew their oats. To this day, mom and dad still haven't grown up and are still in their own little fantasy world. My brother is 44 and still struggles with this today.

My brother is and it's because of the drugs, lying, stealing, and arrests that have made him so famouse around here. And I could be considered one because of my religion, my unorthodox homelife (didn't get married the second I got pregnant), I don't have a college degree or white collar job, and I 'm outspoken and won't bend to the higherachy in my family.

I was the "black sheep" of my family some years ago and I'm pretty sure it was because I isolated myself from my family. While they were drinking, listening to loud music and dancing around I was in my room reading a book. While everyone wanted to get together and have dinner, I declined because there would inevitably be an arguement between someone and I wouldn't want to be around to deal with it. I listened to Atlernative music, which NO one understood for the life of them, I wore my hair how I saw fit, I told the truth no matter whose feelings I'd hurt, I was nonchalant about "punishment" and I'd call my father by his first name instead of "daddy" like my brother and sister. If anyone needed me I was more than likely somewhere with my headphones on, listening to Coldplay or Sade with a book in my hands. I think my family just blamed it on the fact that I was going through that "awkward teen phase" and now that I'm older I'm considered one of the more "popular" family members because of the same thing they used to dislike about me- still outspoken, I dont get involved in what I'm not asked to be involved in, I still read and carry around headphones with me in case there's a particular conversation being had that I don't care to hear. They say I "march to my own drum". I always have, I always will. And I like it this way.

For starters, I'm the black sheep in the family. Mostly because I'm very unique in how I dress, act, thinks... I have a fronting personality that not many people in my family have, if any. I tend to dissasociate from the family in general... Some emotional factors as well separate me from having some kind of decent relationship with some of them. Some mental (some things like panic disorder, depression, OCD, things like that.) issues. Not that it makes me any less human, or part of the family. Bu I'm generally a darker person compared to the rest of them, too. most of them are, you know, the 'perfect family' type where you go out to dinner with friends, get invited to dinner at people's house often, have people over for dinner often, have parties every now and then between families or neighbors... I'm not like that. I'm not the 'preppy, rich bitch' kind of girl...if we're talking labels (I hate them.). Stereotypically, I've been called a goth or whatever else you or anyone else wishes to throw at me. That explains a lot of it, too. popular 'perfect' Italian family; 'goth'...not a combination. I don't know, little things.

My refusal to conform to the rest of them.

Brothers got black curly hair .

I didn't become a doctor or a priest.

I was the black sheep in my teens. I shamed my parents, my family and myself by the self destructive behavior I exhibited. I made choices that were hurtful to others and myself and I was not raised to be so careless. I turned it around when I was 17 and others took my place. I believe every family has one or more black sheep.

My family has several black sheep, I am one of them. I do thinks my way and don't follow the family idea of it was good enough for great grandma it's good enough now.

I became the black sheep of the family after coming out as transgender.

On my mom's side... I am the black sheep. No one really accepted me because I am adopted. On my dad's side, everyone is accepted.

My brother is the black sheep. He doesn't really like anything the rest of us do, and he kinda of goes his own way. On my moms entire side of the family though, my family is the black sheep.

My brother who passed away in 1995 & I am the black sheep. We were considered so because we were the partyers & did A LOT of drugs. My brother died because of his addictions but I have been clean for 10 yrs & still going. I never lost the "black sheep" label because I still like to party...just not with the drugs anymore.

A family friend once remaarked that we all think we're the black sheep in my family. It was a fairly accurate observation.

In my family, that'd be me. I had the audacity to get married without permission to someone of whom my parents at the time did not approve. They've come around since, but I still have some differing opinions on religious issues, and am the only one who's settled down even relatively young, and started a family instead of wandering the world aimlessly for ten or fifteen years getting "experience" first. In my husband's family... it's probably my husband's brother, who married VERY young, had a kid right away, went bankrupt, and has made a series of bad choices and had difficult situations all along. His wife says it's all because she's black, but she's the only one I've ever heard mention that... and it's more their parenting style that gets them flak than their races. Not to mention that she was adopted and raised in a white family, and only recently has gotten in touch with her biological family, and started to express her "black heritage" as strongly as she does.

I am the black sheeP ( you know, married at 19 (pregnant) 5 kids struggrling all the time never listened always made the wrong choices divorced black sheep YES but still accepted and loved.

I think we all feel at one time or another as a black sheep, and it's not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it's a good thing to be different and go your own way, to be separate from them, even though they are blood. I have felt that way in front of some family members and gladly.