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A teenager purchased an $80 Halloween costume with her group of friends

However, the teen was forced to return the costume after her parent decided it was an "irresponsible" way to spend her money

People in the comments section of the Reddit post told the parent they were in the wrong

It's hard to come up with the perfect Halloween costume, but one teen knew exactly what she wanted to be — until her parent stepped in.

In a Reddit post , the mom explained that her 16-year-old daughter works an after-school job five days a week. For Halloween, the teen's high school was having a costume contest, so she and her friends "planned a group costume to enter" and went shopping after school one day.

However, when the poster found out how much her daughter spent on the look, she

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