‘I threw friend off my Disney plus – he changed password as he thought we’d fallen out’

A woman was baffled as she tried to access her Disney plus account but got kicked off, suddenly realising her friend had changed the password – then she lied to get access to her own account

Sometimes, when you have access to a streaming service, you may share the password with your nearest and dearest so they can binge-watch the same shows that you love. If you fall out with the person you’re sharing a streaming service with (but they’re paying for it!) you’d probably take the hit and purchase a subscription yourself, rather than continuing to use theirs.

But that isn’t what happened to one woman who noticed she’d been kicked off her Disney plus account, unsure as to what had happened. She took to Reddit’s ‘Am I the a**hole’ forum to ask whether she was in the wrong for managing to get her account back – by being sneaky.

She explained: “So I had a friend that I lived with up until recently. We both had separate accounts for everything except Disney plus which I paid for. He used my profile on it at the time.

“When I moved out (it was toxic af) he asked to stay friends and apologised for the terrible roomate situation. For a couple of weeks, it was like we were old friends again and then that completely died off. Its been 2 months and a half since we last spoke and any time he did call me it was to complain the Disney plus wasnt working (sometimes I forgot to pay it).

“Now, about a week ago. I was on Disney plus but it threw me out. I tried to log back in but this idiot changed the password and did it because my email was still logged in on an old laptop I left with him. When asked him over text about it he basically said “I thought you were going to kick me off soon since weren’t friends anymore I was being cautious”. At the time I said no I wont, forgot you even had it and just to give me the password.

“Here where I might have been the a**hole, he made me promise I would never kick him off and that he wanted to mend our friendship and that he’s having a rough time.

“I lied and said yeah and that I missed him and we should hang out again. He gave me the password and was saying how hes so happy we can mend bridges now etc. I went on the account, changed the passwords and threw him out, and blocked him on everything.

“He’s basically going around to our mutual friends now saying he thought he was getting his friend back but I took away the one streaming platform he really liked and used and lied about being friends again. Our mutuals think I’m the a**hole and should have just let him continue to use it but I don’t see why I should?”

In the comments, people were shocked at the man’s behaviour, and the fact that their mutual friends had stated she was in the wrong.

One wrote: “Lol, he has a brass neck! He tried to block you from the account you pay for. What a cheeky sod!”

“He blocked you off your own account? The one you pay for?”, someone else fumed.

“Not the a**hole”, another commented. “He lost all possible consideration when he locked you out of your account. The mutuals that think you’re an a**hole should feel free to give him access to their Disney plus account.”

One Redditor agreed, writing: “He stole your account, you took it back and blocked him. Tell your friends that he’s a thief and if they want to be friends with a thief, they’re no friends of yours!”

“Seems to me that he only wanted to stay friends with you for the Disney+ access”, another raged. “I would’ve done the same thing. He may have apologised for being a horrible roommate but he’s still a toxic friend.”

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