My dad remarried a few years ago with a lady who had 3 kids from a previous husband. The problem with these kids is that I'm supposed to treat them like brother and sister, but 2 of them are drug addicts without a H.S. diploma and the other is a college dropout who got knocked up by some hippy who left her for a different woman.
If I knew these people in any other situation I'd look down on them. I don't see them as relatives in any sense of the word, but, I'm supposed to treat them like they are my brothers and sister.
For my other siblings I'd take a bullet for, even my half older brother who has a different dad, heck we practically look like twins. The other kids though, I wouldn't take the time to hand them a kleenex unless they specifically asked for it using my name.
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