16-year-old tells 14-year-old half-sister she's not allowed to spend time with her father when he visits after she insists on tagging along on their outings: 'My dad isn't her dad and that she's got her own'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Apr 23, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

As a teen, currying favor with an absent parent really is one of the hardest things. Throw an over-eager younger half-sister and your can't-be-bothered mother and stepfather into the mix, and you've concocted a nightmare scenario. It's like the emotional version of a pressure cooker and leaves you on the verge of boiling over. 

These blended family dynamics are difficult enough as it is, even when everyone involved, and especially all the adults in the room, have the best intentions. But when the adults are dragging the chain and refusing to step in when they need to, or themselves aren't understanding the situation in a rational and fair way.

Surely, when this 16-year-old was dreaming of finally getting time with her father, her 14-year-old half sister wasn't involved. Yet, she found herself constantly having to deal with her tag-along sister anytime she had plans with her dad. The fact that the teen's account of events culminates with her asking her father to stop paying visits to her at all, supposedly because of her younger sister, raises some eyebrows and definitely seems like a teenage reaction. (If there's not something else going on.)

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    "AITA for telling my sister that my dad isn’t her dad?"

    so me (16f) and my sister (14f) let's call her rosie have different dads, our mom and my dad split up a while ago and my mom got with her dad when i was 2 because she was pregnant with rosie, my dad was devastated and tried to yknow. my mom got full custody of me and i always resented rosie and my stepdad for that. my stepdad was never a
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    bad father always spoiling rosie and wanting to spend time with her, which led to her becoming very bratty. my dad only just came back into my life a couple of months ago as the court ruled for visits every week, my dad would always try and do something special just for us two but rosie would always join. my dad was stunned and asked my mother privately and politely if
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    she could stop her but my mom refused and my dad was much too polite to ask rosie to leave directly and i got really angry every time she ruined our special visits that i asked my dad to stop coming, he was heartbroken but i couldn't take her ruining our trips and i was mad at my dad for not stopping her. when rosie asked when my dad was coming to take us out again i snapped and told her that my dad isn't her dad and
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    that she's got her own. she ran out crying and my mom said that she was only trying to bond with me. so AITA?
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    OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a hole: i told my younger sister that my dad was only my dad and wasn't her dad to bother and that might make me an a hle because i was too harsh.
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    • TofuPropaganda 2h ago NTA, but you should reach out to your dad and let him know the reason behind why you asked him to stop visiting if he doesn't know already. Your mom is failing both you and Rosie by not having better boundaries. You deserve alone time with your dad, you could set aside time to bond with Rosie that doesn't include your
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    dad, as he has no bearing within her life and shouldn't be forced to take her. I'd suggest trying to talk to your mom about this stating that you want to bond with your dad, Rosie is preventing that. Instead you can suggest an outing for you, Rosie and your mom to her.
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    FairieWarrior NTA. Can't your dad just take you somewhere without her? Just leave her at home and if your mom says that you can't leave without her, just get your dad to tell the courts that she is interfering with his court appointed visitation
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    Flynn_JM INFO: why did Rosie initially assume she could come along with you two on these get togethers? Are her father and your mom still together?
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    twirlandswirl 2h ago . I mean, you're acting like a teenager, but you ARE a teenager. I'd try to pursue a relationship with your father, if you're interested in one, at least via phone/text until you have more control over the situation.
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    Alixxet 1h ago • NTA. Your dad need to take your mom back to court so that she can't force your sister on him by not allowing him to see you if he won't take your sister. Don't stop the visits just because of your sister but you and your dad can make it uncomfortable for her enough not to want to come anymore.
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    IAmTAAlways NTA, and sit down with your father in private and tell him that this won't continue. He is an adult and needs to step up and tell your mother and stepfather that this ends now.
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    ProfessorDistinct835 NTA, but I'm confused as to why your mom got full custody and your dad dipped out of your life. Seems like he was punishing you for her bad behavior. Maybe it's the same lack of spine that has him dip out again rather than confront your mom? I dunno. Your dad seems like kind of the AH here. At any rate, it is a fact the your dad isn't Rosie's dad. \ (")_/¯¯¯
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