16-year-old refuses to let her stepmom take on a maternal role in her life after 8 years of knowing her: 'I told her I didn't want another mom figure and I liked her as Hannah.'

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_{A teenage girl who will never let her stepmother take the place of her late mother.}
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Adults have the liberty to decide what kinds of relationships they have with others. Nobody can force an adult to date someone they don't want to or spend time with a family member they dislike. Kids are not always given the same freedoms and are sometimes pressured to be closer to adult family members than they would like.
Am I wrong for not wanting to renegotiate things with my dad's wife after my dad and I agreed on how things would work with her in the house?
_{A teenage girl talks with her therapist about her relationship with her stepmom.}
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