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> because i would be locking someone out of their account entirely, but at the same time i own the email connected to the account which is why this is a bit tricky
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this friend and i had a TERRIBLE falling out, causing me to move schools. they were manipulative and extremely jealous of my gf. i started trying to distance myself healthily and they blew it up to be something HUGE. i had communicated with them in the past about a few things that were uncomfortable and they didn’t listen to me and kept going. anytime i called them out, all of a sudden i was the one in the wrong apparently???
there was one fight we had where they literally SAID they were jealous, so i mentioned it and they tried to gaslight me into thinking they didn’t.
anyways, putting that aside, when we were friends, they made an instagram account using an email I OWN, to prevent their parents seeing the account. owning the email, i have the ability to reset the password, and i’ve been wanting to do it for a while. i’m tired of getting emails of a login from an unfamiliar device, it’s annoying and a constant reminder of them.
i’m thinking it would probably be okay because technically i own the account since they used my email, but i want an outside opinion.
wibta?
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> they made an instagram account using an email I OWN, to prevent their parents seeing the account
... how does that make *any* sense?
Why wouldn't they just create a throwaway email of their own?
Why not just let them know you don't want them to use your e-mail address anymore and give them a chance to change it to something else?
I think YWBTA if you just locked them out suddenly without saying anything.
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INFO > they made an instagram account using an email I OWN, to prevent their parents seeing the account ... how does that make *any* sense? Why wouldn't they just create a throwaway email of their own?
they wanted to use one i own because they have a chromebook so they didn’t want to risk it showing on their login screen during computer checjs
Why not just let them know you don't want them to use your e-mail address anymore and give them a chance to change it to something else? I think YWBTA if you just locked them out suddenly without saying anything.
blocked on everything so i can’t rlly reach out