was this unreasonable over a phone?

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dwn

was this unreasonable over a phone?

im 16 my grandma had got me a cellphone right she paid with it with her own money and i agreed to give her $20 every month to cover the bill (only 45 a month and can cancel at any time) ok so i have my cellphone for a week im not overusing it or abusing it another week goes by and my mom and stepdad keep me up til 1 in the morning talking to me about something i did wrong washing the dishes so i went to bed late i wake up the next morning running behind on time i get dressed make the bus and stuff i send my stepsister a message saying that "there going to regret the day they pissed me off" i didnt mean anything bad but by this i was just saying that when i get rich there not getting any money or help from me that basically what i was saying because i said that before because i honestly dont like living here because of unfairness (for example his duagther can have a phone at the table for dinner and i cant have a psp) so come home later and my stepdad found out somehow about the message takes the phone and gives makes me stand in a corner til my mom gets home which was for 2 hours (meanwhile his kids come out in the living room playing on there phone his daugther 15 and son 17) so they make up some stuff about calling cops and stuff just a lie the cop stuff and give the phone back to my grandma and they have her shut down the service i know what i did was wrong but still they werent paying for it my grandma was now whos being unreasonable on this part and what would you have to say is it me or my parents

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dwn

There's a lot going on here, but ultimately this boils down to consequences. Especially in this day and age, a statement like "they're going to regret the day they pissed me off" from an angry teenager can be taken as a serious threat. That's just the way it is. Since having a cell phone as a teenager is a privilege, a parent can decide to take it away for any reason -- or no reason at all -- even if YOU are paying for it. Until you are old enough to sign a contract yourself (18), your parents get to decide whether or not you have a cell phone. Now, if there is a separate issue regarding fairness between the way you and your step-siblings are treated, that should certainly be addressed. Unfortunately, without knowing your mother and stepfather it's impossible to know how they'd react but you might want to wait for the right moment when you are alone with your mother to tell her how you feel about that and give her specific examples about how you are being treated differently. I wish you luck.