It started as a normal roommate situation. Two people in their late twenties, splitting rent, cooking dinners together, binge-watching shows after work. It even felt balanced.
She covered the streaming services because she already had them. He picked up takeout sometimes. Nobody was keeping score.
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Until she decided not to renew the lease.
She did not leave dramatically. No screaming match. No slammed doors. Just the slow realization that living with him was draining. Dishes sat in the sink for days.
Guests appeared without warning. Small loans required multiple reminders. Nothing catastrophic, just a steady drip of inconsideration that made her picture another year and feel tired.
She gave him three months’ notice. He called it abandonment.
After she moved out, things were quiet for about a week. Then she tried logging into her Disney+.
Wrong password.
She reset it using her email. A few minutes later, she was logged out again. When she checked the account settings, the recovery email had been changed.
To his.
That was the moment things stopped being awkward and started being absurd.
When she texted him, he admitted it casually. He said she had “changed all the vibes” by moving out, so he figured he would keep the one thing he still had. If she wanted the password back, they needed to have a “real conversation” about fixing their friendship.
He was holding her own account hostage. Over Disney+.
It sounds petty on the surface. Seven dollars a month. A streaming service with cartoons and Marvel movies. But the money was never the point.
The point was entitlement.
They were never dating. This was not a breakup. She simply chose not to continue living with someone who stressed her out. Yet he treated her decision like a personal betrayal that justified retaliation.
Changing the password was not about access to TV shows. It was about control. It was a small, digital way to say, You do not get to walk away without consequences.
And when he demanded a conversation in exchange for access, he crossed from petty into manipulative.
She told him, “Fine, we can talk,” just to buy enough time to regain control of the account through customer support.
She verified her billing information, restored access, removed every device, and changed the password to something he would never guess.
Then she blocked him everywhere.
To her, it was simple. If someone tries to blackmail you into maintaining a friendship, they are no longer your friend.
But mutual friends disagreed.
Some said she overreacted. That she could have just let him keep a profile. That it was “only seven dollars.” One accused her of lying because she pretended to agree to talk in order to secure access before cutting him off.
This is where the situation becomes less about streaming services and more about boundaries.
It is easy to minimize small violations. A borrowed sweater. A shared password. A leftover subscription. But those small things reveal how someone views you.
Was he entitled to something she paid for simply because they once shared a kitchen? Was she obligated to maintain emotional access to keep digital peace?
Friendships, like leases, expire. They change shape. They drift. Healthy adults accept that. They do not retaliate by hijacking login credentials.
As for the “lie,” there is a difference between deceiving someone for gain and disengaging from someone who is actively manipulating you.
He had already shown he was willing to leverage her property for emotional bargaining. Expecting honesty in that exchange feels almost naive.
What really unsettled her was not losing a roommate. It was realizing that someone she once trusted felt justified in punishing her for independence.
Reddit had plenty to say about this one.
Take a look at the comments from fellow users:
Most commenters were blunt. He tried to block her from an account she pays for. That is not miscommunication. That is theft.
Several people joked that any mutual friend defending him is welcome to hand over their own Disney+ password instead.
Others pointed out the obvious irony. If he wants Disney+, he can subscribe like everyone else.
Sometimes the smallest conflicts reveal the biggest truths. A password change can expose resentment, entitlement, and a need for control. She did not end a friendship over a cartoon catalog. She ended it because someone tried to hold her hostage, even in a tiny way.
Seven dollars is cheap. Peace of mind is not.
Was blocking him dramatic, or was it simply drawing a line where it should have been drawn the moment he changed the email?
