17-year-old daughter refuses to play the role of big sister to dad's adopted 5-year-old son Mason, mom supports her decision to set boundaries against guilt-trip: "I don't want to fake enthusiasm I don't feel"

People have a tendency to romanticize and idealize sibling relationships. In most cases, the bond between siblings is strong and unbreakable — a built-in friendship, as they say. But this sort of bond is never a guarantee, even amongst biological siblings that grew up together since birth. The likelihood of raising two, lifelong besties is even smaller when the pair are step-siblings. Making two strangers live together and expecting them to be anything other than civil toward each other just because their parents got hitched is a pretty tall order.

Our story today is about a 17-year-old girl who is expected to fill the role of big sister to a complete stranger. The stranger in question is a 5-year-old boy that her divorced dad has just adopted with his husband, a man she barely knows beyond cordial, surface-level interactions. Unwilling to make false promises, she ignores the guilt trips from her father. 

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