18-year-old purchases laptop with own money, mom berates her for not consulting her first: 'I did my research on it'

Is it a crime that I bought a laptop without consulting my family?

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In this story, a young adult struggled with this after her mom berated her for buying a laptop without consulting her first. The 18-year-old had used her own money to buy a computer for schoolwork and to pursue her hobbies.
When she told her mom about her purchase, she got angry and insisted that she should have consulted her or her older sister before making it. The teen thought that this was an unreasonable reaction now that she was entering adulthood and making her own decisions, but she wanted further validation for her point of view.
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