A young mother of two gained widespread online attention due to her unique family setup.
In one of her viral videos, she shared an interesting encounter her family had at the emergency room where she had to clarify to the doctor that the teenager with her was her son, not her brother.
In her 20s, Sage Pasch has gained viral fame on TikTok by chronicling her daily life, caring for her 17-month-old toddler and 15-year-old teenage son.
The mother of two revealed that her non-traditional family setup often catches people off guard.
“Everybody gets a little confused because my fiancé and I are definitely younger to have a teenager,” she says. Pasch recounted a challenging incident in one of her viral videos when she had to take her teenage son to the emergency room due to concerns about a possible broken bone.
The young parent explained how the doctor didn’t believe she was the teenager’s mom and actually thought she was lying.
In a TikTok video posted on September 16, 2023, Pasch shared insights into her unique family situation.
She finds it challenging to make mom friends due to her age, making this online community even more valuable.
She revealed that she’s raising two children: a teenager and a toddler. The teenager is Sage’s fiancé’s younger brother, Nick, whom they adopted after his birth mother’s demise.
Sage explained in a video how the E.R. doctor didn’t believe she was her teenager’s mom. “So, the doctor walks in and he’s like, ‘I need to speak to mom,’ and I’m like, ‘That’s me.’ And he kinda just looked at me weird and goes, ‘You’re his mom?’ And me not wanting Nick to have to explain the entire situation, [I] was like, ‘Yeah, I’m his parent/guardian.’”
Sage continued, “And then he asked my teenager, ‘Where’s your real mom?’ And I hate when people ask Nick this because it’s so uncomfortable for him and I know it’s like an upsetting topic to talk about and he doesn’t just wanna like talk about it to anybody. And he literally just looked at the guy and was like, ‘She’s dead,’ and no one ever knows how to respond to that.”
Pasch acknowledged the confusion among her followers and explained, “He doesn’t wanna be referred to as the adopted kid in every single video he’s in. A lot of you are also confused [about] how I’m old enough to adopt a kid, and I guess I just look abnormally young for my age.”
“I’ve made a couple of other videos explaining this, but yes, sometimes, he calls me mom; sometimes, he calls me Sage. It’s complicated,” she added. Pasch elaborated that the circumstances surrounding the adoption were sensitive, making it a topic her son preferred not to discuss openly.
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