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兄さんが私の相手をするはずなんてないもの。

I couldn't understand the above sentence properly, especially the **なんてないもの**
part.

I have looked for the meaning of **相手をする** that can be translated as keep
someone company or to take notice, and in my interpretation of the sentence
would be "paying attention".

**ないもの** literally would be something that doesn't exist.

So, can I translate the sentence as follow:

"It would have been asking for the impossible for my brother to pay attention
to me."

Thank you for the guidance.
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Translation of ないもの
> 兄さんが私の相手をするはずなんてないもの。  
>  There is no way my brother would pay attention to me, you know.

This is a combination of the following three grammar points:

  * The はずがない sentence pattern 
    * [Learn JLPT N4 Grammar はずがない](https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%9A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84-hazu-ga-nai/)
  * なんて that replaces が/を/etc 
    * [Learn JLPT N3 Grammar なんか・なんて・など](https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%8B-nanka-%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8-nante-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A9-nado/)
  * もの as a sentence-end particle used to justify/explain something (often もん in informal speech) 
    * [Learn JLPT N2 Grammar もの](https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE-mono/)

So the simpler version of this sentence is 兄さんが私の相手をするはずがない. From this, が was
replaced by なんか to add negative emotion, and もの was added to add the nuance of
"you know" or "you see".
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