Black sheep and off the wall mommas! - Page 3

[JesseMomme]

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[Sylith]

My own family of origin find me "a bit unique." I'm pretty different from my parents, but they have been remarkably respectful of my parenting choices in particular. It helps that they live in Austin, so they've been exposed to all that crunchy stuff by someone other than me

DH's family think I'm pretty weird. That's fine, I don't think much of the parenting choices most of them make, either.

[rightkindofme]

I picked totally off the wall, but I am also not at all flaky. That is part of why I clash with most of my family--they are all flaky.

I have been told, "You set the far end of the bell curve for weird in my life." I'm really ok with that.

My husband's family hates me. Given that they live life in a way that I completely disagree with and don't respect (not going to specify because I don't want to inadvertently offend anyone) I'm really ok with them hating me too.

[waiting2bemommy]

I put a bit unique AND mainstream, because I do some things that people call weird, like cosleeping, bf'ing & pumping, and some pretty mainstream things. They way I plan on disciplining my son is pretty mainstream. I eat taco bell and make my son wear shoes. i just choose what information to share, and with whom.

[kapatasana]

My inlaws think I'm a lost cause, which I don't mind because it means they leave me and DH alone, unlike his siblings. My mom and dad think we're a little too "extreme" in some ways, but they totally accept us both as we are.

[angelpie545]

I vary between "off the wall black sheep" and "a bit unique". My mom and family pretty much respect my parenting choices, albeit mine are a little different from theirs. Some of my friends are kind of crunchy, and others probably think I'm a bit nuts. People tend not to try to tell me what to do though...because I'm the type of person who won't take guff from anyone..so people just sort of leave me alone. I kind of like that.

[kblackstone444]

My family considers me "a bit unique", but I've always been like that, about just about everything. It's funny, though, because, for all my "uniqueness" regarding my family, sometimes I'm almost embarrassed to post something here because I'm afraid I'll be considered "too mainstream". But... everyone who knows me personally, either my family, mainstream people and the few people who actually are "a totally off the wall, flaky, fringe, black sheep", they all agree that I'm a wonderful Mother and my children are very lucky to have me, so I can't be doing too badly.

[ebethmom]

I'm definitely the odd one out. Homebirth, cloth diapers, child-led weaning, homeschooling, gentle discipline . . . Absolutely noone in my family gives a rip about any of the parenting decisions that are/have been important to me.

[Twinklefae]

I've always been "unique". I think it's the reason my family doesn't give me a hard time about my parenting choices. I've always done things "differently" and I've got a huge reputation for "knowing stuff" (ie. research!) that no one else does.

[dancebaraka]

eccentric.
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