Sounds like my relationship with my family: I was the no good black sheep because as a kid I was poor and all my cousins would amount to more than me. Well now I'm all grown up and one of the few that have not been to prison and I did actually go to college and finish. All my cousins in my age group are pretty much bums But just when I had become the white sheep I married the wrong woman and didn't do what they expected of me so I'm back to outcast status. Go figure!
Sounds like the opposite of my relationship with my family: I was the good white sheep because as a kid I was rich and all my cousins would amount to nothing. Well now I'm all grown up and one of the few that has been to prison and I did not actually go to college and finish. All my cousins in my age group are pretty much rich But just when I had become the black sheep I married the right woman and did what they expected of me so I'm back to respected status. Go figure!
So if I had just married the right woman I'd be in the respected group - Wow what a waste of time all them years I spent in college
They think I'm straight, and they would be correct because no Ben Wa balls have ever gone in me. I like women.
Ooooooh, a self-disclosure thread. Awesome. One of my oldest friends never went to college, owns his own business, has a family, and does very well. Another of my oldest friends went to the Air Force Academy, is a major in the USAF and a fighter pilot. His wife is also an officer in the USAF, has a PhD in (I swear to god I'm not making this up) astrophysics, and took her name off the list of potential astronauts to start their family. I didn't go to their wedding....I was afraid they'd make me sit at the kiddie table or something. His younger sister, who is shockingly hot, just graduated from med school. In short, I think I'm a big disappointment to most everyone. But whatever. I live life for me. Or I try to, anyway. Personal happiness should be the ultimate sign of success. Or so they say. Sometimes I wonder....
You should have gone to the wedding and banged the hot sister. They want black sheep, I give them black sheep.
Lol. I thought about it. But I remember when she was born and didn't see her again as an adult until my grandfather's funeral, and she was engaged, then her brother got married....awkward circumstances.
I'm the one not like the others. All live within 15 miles of each other in Iowa and I live in Houston. As for this family - I don't expect much from the reputation thingy...
That sounds strikingly similar to what happened to my best friend. His mom re-married, and his mom and step-dad then had a girl. Predictably enough, my friend couldn't get so much as the time of day, but his sister got a new car, paid for in cash. As for myself... pretty sure my dad likes me better than my brother, since I have a "real job" and never lived at home past high school. On the other hand... pretty sure my mom favors my brother. He's still living at home years after college, and just got into a prestigious school to pursue his masters in Theology. I don't see any of my extended family enough to believe they have much of a perception of me one way or the other. They're all thousands of miles away.
