[Serious] Who is the "Black Sheep" in your family and what did he/she do to become one?

Oh man, where do I even begin?

Ever since he was a little kid he played mind games to pit his dad and mom (my step-dad and his ex-wife) against each other. When his dad would pick him up he would say he was starving because his mom wasn't feeding him, and he would turn around and say the same thing to his mom, that his dad wasn't feeding him. He also claimed that his mom was forcing him to call her new husband dad, and his dad was forcing him to call my mom "Mom". Neither of which were true at all. He must have been about five at the time, so he's always known how to manipulate people for his own gain and still does.

The antics he's pulled have been countless, but a few that spring to mind in no particular order are:

Once when he thought he was locked out (he wasn't, for whatever reason he couldn't get his key to fit properly and thought my parents had changed the locks?) he took a shit in the backyard and then went and slept in a cart corral of a Food4Less. (We live in the suburbs, so needless to say he scared the shit out of the utility worker the next day.)

He constantly went dumpster diving for food despite my family being very well off and able to afford whatever he wanted.

He listened to heavy metal non-stop in high school and would often try to match the guttural screams as long as he could. One time he screamed so intensely and so long he passed out. When he woke up he started convulsing and needed to be taken to the hospital.

One time he claimed all of his clothes were dirty so he left the house completely naked, wrapped in a blanket to buy some pants from Wal-Mart.

He went through a Wendy's drive-thru once and ordered the "largest Sierra Mist they got" and nothing else. When the lady handed it to him he took the lid off and threw it in her face saying, "Shockingly refreshing eh?!!" and zoomed off.

My personal biggest issue with him is how horribly he treated my mom. (his step-mom obviously) He's spit on her, called her every name under the book, and just constantly was disrespecting her in her own home. Now to be fair, my mom wasn't exactly nice to him. She never considered him part of her family and it showed. Still though, nothing warranted the way he treated her. He's always tried to intimidate people into acting how he wanted, and she didn't put up with his bullshit. I actually have a lot of respect for my mom for sticking up for herself and refusing to be intimidated by him looking back. The only time my dad has ever hit one of us kids was when my step-brother was in a particularly heated fight with my mom and called her a cunt. My step-dad punched him so hard his glasses flew off his face and broke. He deserved it honestly.

For several years traveled around the country in his RV with his girlfriend and their kids. He never showered or used any sort of deodorant during that time, so he stunk so bad it was hard to breathe when you were around him. Luckily his newest girlfriend actually makes him shower regularly!

I actually haven't thought about him in awhile, but man, I could write an essay on that dude. Very strange human being.

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