AITA for calling my mom greedy and saying she lies about money?
I'm 16F and I live with my mom and younger sister (13F). Our dad left when my sister was bor and hasn't really been involved since, so my mom raised us alone. Because of that money was always tight in our family. Growing up I never asked for something that wasn't absolutely neccessary and always tried to save up some money to buy things I want.
My mom does bakery for a living and has a really small business. Recently it has started doing a lot better. She bakes cakes, all other bakery for local cafes plus takes orders from people via her socials. Important remark here. I know she works hard so we can live normally and have all of our basic needs covered and I don't pretend for her money. I also always help her with packing orders and deliveries whenever she asks.
My issue is that she constantly says we have no money though business is up and she bought herself a new laptop and an iPad within this month. Maybe she needs a laptop because of work for orders, invoices and messaging clients. But the iPad, I’m not sure about it. What also annoys is that she hides both devices whenever she leaves the house. And it looks like she knows it looks bad.
I’ve been saving money for a new phone from babysitting, helping neighbors, tutoring and small weekend jobs bc my phone is very old and is shit. Four days ago I asked if she could add some money to my savings so I could buy a new one. I didn’t ask to pay in full for me, but just to add some funds.
All I heard was she angrily said no, called it unnecessary expense in our situation and then her classis we don’t have money. That also hurt because my younger sister always gets random gifts. And for her it seems like she has money, but always doesn’t have it for me.
I got really upset, a bit mad and said she was being greedy and lying about money. She has it for her gadgets that she hides from us and my sister’s gifts, but never for me, even when I ask for something ain’t big. She got furious, called me ungrateful, that I don’t understand bills, how hard being a single mom and that her money isn’t mine.
Till now we barely spoke for several days.
I feel bad and like I mustn't say so. I know she works hard to support us, but at the same time I feel ignored and treaded unfairly.
AITA?