Black sheep number 6 here.

Actually, I am ok with my family, but my wife's family is another matter. She and I are WAY, WAY off the bottom of their charts. Her brothers and sister are 2 very wealthy attorneys and one frequently published, world government leader consulting economist. One is a good friend of the mayor of Oakland for added bonus points. Of course they live in very fine homes in the most expensive neighborhoods. My wife and I are at the bottom of the food chain and live in an small old cottage where we don't even have a guest room.

We always feel quite timid when at family gatherings where the affairs of the world are discussed with great intellectual depth. They are all very nice people and there is no hostility, but the feelings of inadequacy are unavoidable. We are going to have Thanksgiving dinner with them. It never fails to be a humbling experience.

Gee, I forgot myself for a moment. If I "out" myself to either family, I am guaranteed to slip even further into the blackness. That would really be something!

Wherever you go, there you are