let's see, you have a car, phone, laptop, college fund, and she lets you down? Maybe you just forgot those things, especially the college fund, that she probably got for you, or did you just happen to be born with those? entitlement much?

Tell her everything she wants to hear, get your stuff back, then go to college.

Don't bite the tit that fed you

Ya know, I'm calling complete BS on the OP. I think he/she is an entitled little brat that yelled at their mom. And I bet this isn't the first time. Considering the fact that their mom probably works her ass of to get them a car, a phone, a laptop, and enough money to pay for their college, the mom cares about them. But the kid is an ungrateful little ass wipe and complains anyways. I agree 100% with the mom.

I'm going to take you at your word, and assume that this is literally all you said. If that's the case: your mother is hypersensitive to criticism. She is not a safe person to be honest with. What she did is the kind of behaviour you would expect from a narcissist, not a psychologically well person. You may want to look into the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and see if she fits in other ways. In the mean time, lie. Say whatever you have to in order to get yourself safely to college, get your car and funding back. Apologize, grovel, and plan. Plan how to make yourself independent as quickly as possible so that you don't have to ever rely on her for anything ever again. Get student loans if you can, get a separate bank account if you don't already, try to think of the ways in which she might try to control you and cut those off. For anyone who thinks I'm overreacting by saying this, and being ridiculous, maybe so. Maybe this FML is an exaggeration of what happened to try and entertain readers (it happens). But here's reality: normal, safe, non-abusive parents do not take away their child's education as punishment for an argument. A loved one of mine is dealing with a parent who acts very similarly (punishing the adult offspring financially for daring to suggest the parent might have made an ill-advised decision). You cannot change people like this, you cannot reason with them and make them act reasonably, you can only try to protect yourself from them.

im one who says to always respect your mom but she crossed the line by taking my dog. if i were you i would take everything back by force(if needed)

Yeah... NOBODY takes my dogs from me. My mom did try that once several years ago with the Collie I lost last summer. I won. He came with me. They paid for his dog food, but I paid for everything else as well as poured the hours and hours of work into molding him into a good representative of the species. Damn gentleman, that dog. Not to mention he was bought for me as a gift and they did not interact with him more than a pat on the head on their way by. It was widely acknowledged that hew as most definitely my dog and not the family dog because everyone could see that he had eyes only for me. If your mom is anything like mine, it could be that she is having a hard time letting go. You're leaving the nest. Mine didn't happen when I left for college since I was still "based" at home, but when I moved two states away to begin my married life, she had that "no, you aren't taking any of this stuff" reaction and found every little thing to get upset at me for. It's not right for her to do, but it could very well be the way she's handling you leaving. I know my mom would absolutely take it personally if I told her she lets me down sometimes. She would go down that "Am I a terrible mother?" road. She's absolutely not. She inherited a little bit of the wacky genes from her side of the family and she has reacted poorly to some things over the years, but at the end of the day, she is a fabulous mother and has done a LOT for me and my brothers over the years.

I think if she was able to take it all away suggests that she was the one who paid for it all in the first place

If she paid for all these things, then she had the right to take them away. Kind of a dick move, but still her right. If she did NOT pay for these things, then why would you give them to her? She can't take what she didn't pay for, unless she's robbing you. In any event, college is two weeks away and there you will have your independence, but real freedom only comes from ones own financial independence. If you're unwilling to deal with her rules or whims, pay for college yourself. You can do student loans or, better yet, join the military and get it all paid for you. Financial independence comes with a bit of stress, but it's freedom well worth it. But the dog? That's just ****** up. No one takes me dog.

DOG NAPPING!!! DOG NAPPING!!! SHE TOOK YOUR DOG!!! ~ring~*~ring~ "Yes, SPCA? I'd like to report a stolen dog?"