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ITB2012's picture

Submitted by ITB2012 on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 9:34pm

I’m not dumb, DH, I know this will come around to bite me any way I play it. 

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I got myself a Netflix account. For just me. I logged in when I wanted to watch and logged out afterward (on a gaming console). In a moment of insanity I told DH about it and that it was not for the kids. Well, DH went ahead and showed the skids. 

Now a few years later OSS came into the kitchen tonight and asked if he could put the Netflix app on his phone. What I wanted to say was: knock yourself out. (Cause you can load the app without having an account.) 

DH asked me if people put the app on their phone. I relied, “If you mean the general population at large, yes.” And I busied myself with the dog and ducked the rest of the conversation.  

If I had participated any more I’m sure he’d be upset about something I said. And bowing out I’m sure is a problem, too. Better to play it quiet than participate and give him more things to pick at. 

BTW, this is the skid DH keeps pushing up on a pedestal because he has a part time job. Well, then OSS could get his own account without even saying a word...you know, since he’s almost 18 and we have no say over what he does. 

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StepUltimate's picture

Submitted by StepUltimate on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 1:34am

This is easy:

  1. Log into your Netflix account
  2. Use the menu to log all devices out
  3. Change your Netflix password
  4. Add a passcode so that if you accidently leave a device logged in, they STILL cannot watch anything without entering your code

Been there, done that. Worked 100% for me.

ITB2012's picture

Submitted by ITB2012 on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:27am

I’m not really worried about how to do it. I’ve done stuff like that before when kids have accessed something they should not. 

Based on past behavior my guess is that DH didn’t want to let OSS do it and was hoping  I’d jump in to be the bad guy. If he had wanted OSS to have it he would have pushed me further on setting it up or come to me later when they couldn’t get in. 

The only reason I can think for OSS to ask rather than just do it is because he doesn’t want to spend his own money. (Not sure why he doesn’t jump on Amazon prime he and YSS bought for BM for Xmas...cause they save a lot of money by getting DH $5 worth of groceries for Xmas.)

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Submitted by notsobradybunch on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 5:36am

Changed the password on ours as well. When SD18 dropped out of school she was basically laying in bed, literally ALL DAY LONG watching Netflix. Nope, not on my dime. DH continued to cave asking me to give SD18 the new password because "GMA wanted to watch something..." I called BS, of course DH got offended, but then realized he was being an idiot. I haven't been asked again.

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Submitted by ProbablyAlready... on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 7:45am

LMAO. Technically when you sign up to Netflix you agree not to give it to anyone outside your house. SOOOO... GMA shouldn't just have it anyways...

Glad your DH realized what was going on!

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Submitted by Monkeysee on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 5:55am

You're paying for it, you don't need to share it with his kids. Especially the 18 year old who you have 'no say over what he does'. If he's working part time he's earning enough for his own netflix account, or Disney DH can pay for it himself!

Harry's picture

Submitted by Harry on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 8:42am

Or have DH get his own account for all of you, So he can be the big man 

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Submitted by tog redux on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 9:41am

SS was allowed to watch my Netflix when he came over, but he was never given the password or allowed to put it on his device.  He was only allowed to use it on the main screen in the living room.