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If you have ever been the black sheep of your lot in life and family...does shit stick...because I absolutely hate that expression...big time

James121 7 May 5
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I was always "labeled" as the black sheep of our family, by aunts, uncles and cousins. I just corrected them and stated that I wasn't the black sheep in their midst.... I am the eagle.

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Sometimes being a good person ends up with you being scape goated for others behaviour in my experience.

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I was very much a black sheep, but now I spend almost no time with my family. That changes quite a bit of things.

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I've always wore that one with pride.

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Black sheep is about the tamest thing I've been called. Usually I come back with "better shot for a goat than a sheep." I've also been told I'm too smart for my own good. Be nice if my bank account reflected that.

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I was the black sheep for a long time. Now, those who called me that are dead.
That bullshit died with them.

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I am and always have been the black sheep in our family. I do regret a lot of things that I've done or not done, in hindsight, but at the time, I took the correct decisions for me, or did the best I could. Now that both parents have passed on, both my sisters rarely talk to me. That's a matter of regret, but is perhaps unavoidable given my mental health issues, and what I believe are incorrect judgements about me by my sisters. I am and always have been true to myself.

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I'm definitely the black sheep in my strict catholic family. Divorced and an atheist...with those two you don't get a third strike.

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I wear it like a crown! I was never afraid to be me! I love my family! My daughter is the tye dyed sheep of our family! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Lol

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Me too, and yes I am the black sheep.

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I am the black sheep of my family, covered in the blackest of crows.

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Yes, I was a disappointment to my mother, dad was just puzzled but not critical or unapproving. I just did not conform to their idea of 'normal' and religion had nothing to do with it - lol.

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I have always done things my family disapprove of.I am the colored sheep in the flok. Do I regret my life, never. I am retired and happy in my relationships with others. So if shit sticks, let it. If others have a problem with it, it their problem, not mine !

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I’m the red headed black sheep amongst my family of birth; always have been. I developed defiance and stubbornness at an early age when I realized nothing about me was ever good enough for my mother. So, I stopped caring/trying, and lived to my own standards. No regrets.

I can identify!!

I moved out when I was 16 because I didnt think I was going to get any better

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If my shit is sticky I break out the wet wipes.

Serious answer: aye, I'm the sheep of probably a dozen colours in my family. They don't even talk to me since I moved away, and that's fine by me.

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By who's perception are you black sheep, and do their opinion(s) matter.
Personally I've found judging myself by another's standards too troublesome to bother much with.
So I guess whatever it means - black sheep - sticks if you let it.
"I'm on the lam but I ain't no sheep" , blue oyster cult....great tune.

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Still am and I only have one sister and 90 yr old mom left.

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